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Contracts, memos & negotiation instruments · Core

Non-disclosure agreement

Also called: NDA

ELI5

A contract requiring certain shared information to be kept confidential.

Used in conversation

“Please sign the non-disclosure agreement before we share the unreleased material.”

Definition

A contract restricting disclosure or use of specified confidential information.

Here “Non-disclosure agreement” means: A contract restricting disclosure or use of specified confidential information.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Non-disclosure agreement” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Connected terms

  • Mutual NDAComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
  • ConfidentialityComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.