NDA

abbreviation or noun

ˌen-ˌdē-ˈā

plural NDAs

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

Though there is always some appeal to using a mutual form of NDA, I really shy away from the mutual form if I'm not planning to receive confidential information from the other side.—Richard Harroch

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Since then, guests have remained mostly tight-lipped about the New York nuptials, presumably under NDA, but Kimberly couldn’t keep the starry details from her sister, Ashley Williams. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 The arbitration was later dismissed, but FKA twigs (whose legal name is Tahliah Barnett) brought a lawsuit against LaBeouf seeking a court order that would block him from enforcing portions of the NDA. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026 That’s probably because of the NDA all guests reportedly signed. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 July 2026 Entertainment Weekly has learned that at least one NYC restaurant that provided catering to the wedding was forbidden from discussing its involvement in the event due to an NDA. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for NDA

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1996, in the meaning defined above

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