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

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

In a blog post published on Friday, Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman said the company has committed to no longer entering into nondisclosure agreements with government agencies related to data-center projects. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

That prompted South Korea to accuse Ukraine of breaching a nondisclosure agreement about the transfer and summoning Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires for an explanation. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

The company ending its practice of using nondisclosure agreements when building new data centers will likely help make projects more transparent. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nondisclosure agreement

• disagreement