EXCLUSIVE

I. adjective Date: 1515 1. excluding or having power to exclude, limiting or limited to possession, control, or use by a single individual or group, 2. excluding others from participation, snobbishly aloof, 3. accepting or soliciting only a socially restricted patronage (as of the upper class), stylish , fashionable , restricted in distribution, use, or appeal because of expense, 4. single , sole , whole , undivided , ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 15th century something ~: as, a news story at first released to or reported by only one source, an ~ right (as to sell a particular product in a certain area)