adjective

exclusive

Leaving out something specified from consideration or calculation.

The room costs $150 per night, exclusive of local taxes.

Etymology

The Latin verb means to shut out. This calculating sense preserves exclusion directly: the specified item is kept outside the amount or set under consideration.

More examples

Her annual salary is $60,000, exclusive of bonuses.
The package weighs five pounds, exclusive of the box.
The job takes three days, exclusive of drying time.

Forms

exclusive

exclude verb — To leave something out of consideration.

exclusion noun — The act of leaving something out.

Similar words

excluding: Directly names what is omitted; does not require following “of.”
without: Indicates absence generally, rather than specifically omission from a total.