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restrictive covenant

restrictive covenant noun: an agreement between parties limiting or restricting the use of land owned by one of the parties.

Noun

restrictive covenant (plural restrictive covenants)

  1. An agreement between parties limiting or restricting the use of land owned by one of the parties.
  2. A noncompete agreement
    • Careful to protect the goodwill it is developing with these providers, the life sciences company decides to use restrictive covenants — i.e., noncompetes, in the popular vernacular — to ensure the sales reps cannot compete for a period of time after changing jobs and potentially transfer the value...2019, Paul Greco, "How To Make Sure Restrictive Covenants Survive A Restructuring", Life Science Leader, VertMarkets.

Forms of restrictive covenant

pluralrestrictive covenants

Questions about restrictive covenant

What does restrictive covenant mean?
Restrictive covenant means an agreement between parties limiting or restricting the use of land owned by one of the parties.
What part of speech is restrictive covenant?
Restrictive covenant is a noun.
What is the plural of restrictive covenant?
The plural of restrictive covenant is restrictive covenants.

Words near restrictive covenant in the dictionary

  1. restrictionless
  2. restrictions
  3. restrictive
  4. restrictive clause
  5. restrictive clauses
  6. restrictive covenant
  7. restrictive covenants
  8. restrictive practice
  9. restrictive practices
  10. restrictive programming
  11. restrictive relative clause

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