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exclusive

adjective (ONLY FOR SOME)
 
 
/ɪkˈskluː.sɪv/

Definition

C1 limited to only one person or group of people: This room is for the exclusive use of guests. an exclusive interviewExcluding B2 expensive and only for people who are rich or of a high social class: an exclusive private club an exclusive part of townExpensive and luxuriousCosting too much exclusivity
 
 
/ˌek.skluːˈsɪv.ɪ.ti/ US  /-ə.t̬i/ noun [U] (also exclusiveness, /-nəs/ )
the quality of being exclusiveExcluding
(Definition of exclusive adjective (ONLY FOR SOME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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