comp

¹

[ komp ]

noun

1. a ticket, book, service, etc., provided free of charge to specially chosen recipients.

adjective

1. complimentary; free of charge:

   I received a comp copy of her book.

verb (used with object)

1. to provide with a comp:

   Some casinos comped the biggest spenders, providing rooms and meals on the house.

2. to provide free of charge:

   His meals and drinks at the hotel were often comped.

comp

²

[ komp ]

noun

1. a compositor.
2. composition.

verb (used with object)

1. to compose (type).

comp

³

[ komp ]

verb (used without object)

, Jazz.

1. to accompany a soloist with a succession of irregularly spaced chords that punctuate the rhythm.

comp

⁴

[ komp ]

noun

, Informal.

1. comprehensive ( def 4 ).

comp

⁵

[ komp ]

noun

, Informal.

1. compensation:

   workers' comp;

   unemployment comp.

comp.

⁶

abbreviation for

1. comparative.
2. compare.
3. compensation.
4. compilation.
5. compiled.
6. compiler.
7. complement.
8. complete.
9. composition.
10. compositor.
11. compound.
12. comprehensive.

comp

/ kɒmp /

noun

1. a compositor
2. an accompanist
3. an accompaniment
4. a competition

verb

1. intr to work as a compositor in the printing industry
2. to play an accompaniment (to)

Word History and Origins

Origin of comp¹

First recorded in 1885–90; by shortening of complimentary

Origin of comp²

First recorded in 1865–70; shortened form

Origin of comp³

An Americanism first recorded in 1945–50; shortening of accompany

Origin of comp⁴

By shortening

Origin of comp⁵

By shortening

Example Sentences

Liberian taxes will be initially be deducted, but “MAY be comp'd” considering the “high priority International situation.”

From The Daily Beast

But a bigger problem is that employers know why people get a PhD in Comp Lit or Religious Studies: so they can be a professor.

From The Daily Beast

Co-producer Margaret Young added that she would be more than happy to comp Romney and Huntsman copies of the film.

From The Daily Beast

LinkedIn is like a comp in real estate: the price that will help determine the worth of homes in that same neighborhood.

From The Daily Beast

Forget CEO comp: Business and political honchos can pull down seven figures attending a few meetings.

From The Daily Beast

The demonstrative adverb thus implies a relative adverb: comp.

From Project Gutenberg

In this participle the termination -ing seems almost equivalent to that of the past participle: comp.

From Project Gutenberg

Th' brokerage house iv Conem an' Comp'ny wint into th' hands iv a receiver to-day.

From Project Gutenberg

Sivral times I wint to th' dinin'-room intindin' to jine th' jovyal comp'ny there but quit at th' dure.

From Project Gutenberg

There is no hearth as ample in anny man's home as th' hearth th' Steel Comp'ny does its cookin' by.

From Project Gutenberg

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