Exclusive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
  2. omitting from consideration or account (often followed by of): a profit of ten percent, exclusive of taxes.
  3. limited to the object or objects designated: exclusive attention to business.
  4. shutting out all others from a part or share: an exclusive right to film the novel.
  5. fashionable; stylish: to patronize only the most exclusive clothing designers.
  6. charging comparatively high prices; expensive: exclusive shops.
  7. noting that in which no others have a share: exclusive information.
  8. single or sole: the exclusive means of communication between two places.
  9. disposed to resist the admission of outsiders to association, intimacy, etc.: an exclusive circle of intimate friends.
  10. admitting only members of a socially restricted or very carefully selected group: an exclusive club.
  11. excluding or tending to exclude or prohibit, as from use or possession: exclusive laws;exclusive restrictions on use of the property.
  12. (of the first person plural) not including the person or persons spoken to, as we in We'll see you later.
noun
  1. a piece of news, or the reporting of a piece of news, obtained by a newspaper or other news organization, along with the privilege of using it first.
  2. an exclusive right or privilege: to have an exclusive on providing fuel oil to the area.
adjective
  1. excluding all else; rejecting other considerations, possibilities, events, etc
  2. belonging to a particular individual or group and to no other; not shared
  3. belonging to or catering for a privileged minority, esp a fashionable clique
  4. limited (to); found only (in)
  5. single; unique; only
  6. separate and incompatible
  7. not including the numbers, dates, letters, etc, mentioned
  8. except (for); not taking account (of)
  9. (of a contract, agreement, etc) binding the parties to do business only with each other with respect to a class of goods or services
  10. (of a disjunction) true if only one rather than both of its component propositions is true
noun
  1. an exclusive story; a story reported in only one newspaper
Exclusive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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