noncompete clause
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noncompete clause
noun noncompete clauses
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A provision within a business agreement or employment contract which stipulates that the contracting party must abstain from competitive practices not in the interests of an identified firm, such as starting a competing business or accepting a job with a competitor, and often extending for a period of time after the termination of the original employment or other business relationship.
Lee is just one of a series of execs who have bolted slow-growing Microsoft in the last year for the bright lights of Google. . . . Microsoft turned to its lawyers, accusing Lee of violating his noncompete clause.
Similar: non-compete, noncompete, NCC
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