Exclusive typically means not with other things or not including other things.
The terms inclusive and exclusive are contrasting terms, and often appear in the same context to describe contrasting things.
Exclusive may refer to:
In mathematics and logic:
- Exclusive or, this operator is true if either but not both arguments are true, see exclusive disjunction
- Exclusive means that the endpoints of a range are not included within the set, see interval (mathematics)
In linguistics:
- Exclusive we, or we excluding you, refers to first-person non-singular pronouns that do not include the addressee, see clusivity
In taxes:
- Exclusive can refer to a tax system that does not include taxes owed as part of the base, see tax rates
Other uses:
- Exclusive (album), the name of R&B singer Chris Brown's second album
- Exclusive (EP), an EP by U2
- Exclusive (play), a 1989 play by Jeffrey Archer
- "Exclusive" is the online nickname of Dutch poker professional Noah Boeken
- Exclusive (Malaysian TV series)
Famous quotes containing the word exclusive:
“The traditional American husband and father had the responsibilities—and the privileges—of playing the role of primary provider. Sharing that role is not easy. To yield exclusive access to the role is to surrender some of the potential for fulfilling the hero fantasy—a fantasy that appeals to us all. The loss is far from trivial.”
—Faye J. Crosby (20th century)
“In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)
“Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that ... the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)