nondisclosure agreement

noun

: an agreement in which a person (such as an employee) agrees to keep information (such as a trade secret) confidential

… declined to name the victim companies, citing nondisclosure agreements it signed …

—John Markoff

called also confidentiality agreement, NDA

Examples of nondisclosure agreement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Owners generally do not want their locations disclosed, experienced builders work under strict nondisclosure agreements, and the industry is full of ambitious claims that are difficult to verify. — Megan Buerger, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

South Korea has accused Ukraine of violating a nondisclosure agreement on their transfer in mid-September, but Kyiv has denied agreeing to such a deal. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

The jury found that Joby owes Aerosonic more than $48 million for misappropriating trade secrets and more than $68 million for breaking a nondisclosure agreement. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Another prohibits members of the state Legislature from entering into nondisclosure agreements associated with negotiations over legislation. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nondisclosure agreement

• disagreement