In journalism, exclusive can refer to information provided to or available from only one news outlet, such as an interview or photograph.
In the description of any formally defined set, the rules by which an object may be defined as excluded from the set are referred to as rules of exclusion.
In the description of a mathematical set, the term exclusive denotes that the endpoints of a range are not included within the set. For example, "the integers -2 to 2 exclusive" refers to the set {-1,0,1}; the endpoints, -2 and 2, are excluded. The term is generally applied to discrete elements.
In marketing, "exclusive" can refer to products that are only available from select distributors or retailers, and have never been released before, or only at a particular event.
In tax rates, "exclusive" can refer to a tax system that does not include taxes owed as part of the base.
In dating, "exclusive" refers to the activity of dating one person, sometimes referred to as "going steady" or "seeing how things go."