comp

1
[ komp ]
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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.

Origin of comp

1
First recorded in 1885–90; by shortening of complimentary

Words Nearby comp

Other definitions for comp (2 of 6)

comp2
[ komp ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to compose (type).

Origin of comp

2
First recorded in 1865–70; shortened form

Other definitions for comp (3 of 6)

comp3
[ komp ]

verb (used without object)Jazz.
  1. to accompany a soloist with a succession of irregularly spaced chords that punctuate the rhythm.

Origin of comp

3
An Americanism first recorded in 1945–50; shortening of accompany

Other definitions for comp (4 of 6)

comp4
[ komp ]

nounOften comps. Informal.

Origin of comp

4
By shortening

Other definitions for comp (5 of 6)

comp5
[ komp ]

nounInformal.
  1. compensation: workers' comp;unemployment comp.

Origin of comp

5
By shortening

Other definitions for comp. (6 of 6)

comp.

abbreviation
  1. comparative.

  2. compare.

  1. compensation.

  2. compilation.

  3. compiled.

  4. compiler.

  5. complement.

  6. complete.

  7. composition.

  8. compositor.

  9. compound.

  10. comprehensive.

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How to use comp in a sentence

  • 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.

    What's the Use of a PhD? | Megan McArdle | February 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Co-producer Margaret Young added that she would be more than happy to comp Romney and Huntsman copies of the film.

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

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

  • The demonstrative adverb thus implies a relative adverb: comp.

    Milton's Comus | John Milton
  • In this participle the termination -ing seems almost equivalent to that of the past participle: comp.

    Milton's Comus | John Milton
  • Th' brokerage house iv Conem an' comp'ny wint into th' hands iv a receiver to-day.

    Mr. Dooley Says | Finley Dunne
  • Sivral times I wint to th' dinin'-room intindin' to jine th' jovyal comp'ny there but quit at th' dure.

    Mr. Dooley Says | Finley Dunne
  • There is no hearth as ample in anny man's home as th' hearth th' Steel comp'ny does its cookin' by.

    Mr. Dooley Says | Finley Dunne

British Dictionary definitions for comp

comp

/ (kɒmp) informal /


noun
  1. a compositor

  2. an accompanist

  1. an accompaniment

  2. a competition

verb
  1. (intr) to work as a compositor in the printing industry

  2. to play an accompaniment (to)

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