Definitions

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  • adjective law Of or pertaining to a commitment not to engage in competition with another party
  • noun law A commitment not to engage in competition with another party.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ compete

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Examples

  • The defendants had argued that the payment represented management fees that had been recharacterized as noncompete fees to avoid taxation in Canada.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • International newspaper empire under the pretense it was a so-called noncompete payment from buyers of the company's assets.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Emily Mathie 2010

  • The defendants had argued that the payment represented management fees that had been recharacterized as noncompete fees to avoid taxation in Canada.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • International newspaper empire under the pretense it was a so-called noncompete payment from buyers of the company's assets.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • In a unanimous decision, the justices said state law since 1872 has forbidden what are called noncompete clauses that restrict management employees 'options after they leave a company.

    Daring Fireball 2008

  • Advisers who leave other firms to start their own can also encounter legal obstacles, such as noncompete agreements they may have signed.

    Kelly Spors Answers Small Business Questions 2009

  • Not inclined to meet the bank's request that he sign a stringent "noncompete" agreement, he left Morgan in early 2007 and started to lay the groundwork for Universa.

    Black Swan Trader Bets Reputation on Inflation 2009

  • 'Noncompete' Agreement Companies often have "noncompete" agreements with top executives that bar them from joining a competitor after they leave.

    Companies Promise CEOs 2008

  • Kojo Annan left the Swiss company before it was retained by the United Nations, but U.N. sources acknowledge that he was paid a "noncompete" fee by the company after it began work on the U.N. program -- a fact neither the company nor Annan Junior disclosed to the United Nations at the time.

    PERISCOPE 2007

  • And from what he told Mr. Letterman, it seems that he has what's called a "noncompete" clause in his contract, meaning he can't work anywhere else in TV without NBC's permission-even if he quits.

    Andy Richter's Rant ��� Susan Lyne, Made for TV ��� Eddie Hayes' Legal Memo to Norm Macdonald 1998

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