Dictionary
ex•clu•sive
Pronunciation: (ik-sklOO'siv, -ziv), [key]—
adj.
1. not admitting of something else; incompatible:
mutually exclusive plans of action.
2. omitting from consideration or account (often fol. 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 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, as from use or possession:
exclusive laws.
12. Gram.(of the first person plural) excluding the person or persons spoken to, as
we in
We'll see you later. Cf.
inclusive (def. 4).
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n.
1. Journalism.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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
