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  comp

  noun

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

  abbreviation

  comparative.

comp

¹ American  

[komp] / kɒmp /

noun

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

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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 American  

[komp] / kɒmp /

noun

1. a compositor.

2. composition.

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verb (used with object)

1. to compose (type).

comp ³ American  

[komp] / kɒmp /

verb (used without object)

Jazz.

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

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comp ⁴ American  

[komp] / kɒmp /

noun

Informal.

1. comprehensive.

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comp ⁵ American  

[komp] / kɒmp /

noun

Informal.

1. compensation.

   workers' comp;

   unemployment comp.

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comp. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. comparative.

2. compare.

3. compensation.

4. compilation.

5. compiled.

6. compiler.

7. complement.

8. complete.

9. composition.

10. compositor.

11. compound.

12. comprehensive.

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comp British  

/ kɒmp /

noun

1. a compositor

2. an accompanist

3. an accompaniment

4. a competition

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verb

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

2. to play an accompaniment (to)

Etymology

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

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"That led to excruciating amounts of pain and a lot of issues again with making weight, which really affected me leading into comp," Lhamo continued.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

But in an email, it said workers’ comp costs were lowered because Croom’s company is small and lower risk than the nonprofit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

“Overall, we believe Costco’s accelerating comp growth and healthy traffic results in May should reinforce the company’s position as a defensive, consistent operator,” noted William Blair’s Phillip Bee.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

“The comp next door, no one would have thought that price was possible,” Gaetjens says.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

For those few months I was in school, back in freshman fall, Angela and I were in the same comp sci class.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

“They refused to give me the paperwork for workmen’s comp. They cut my short term disability after five weeks. I was supposed to get it for 26 weeks.”

From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2018

By the water, salvation is denoted, as is not unfrequently the case, comp. chap. xii.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

The staff or tyranny is a heavy burden, comp. chap. x.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

After some smart Aleck has written it up as an English comp. its own mother 95 wouldn’t know it!

From The Turner Twins by Ralph Henry Barbour

I prepared mighty well on that comp.; talked with half a dozen persons who knew the story.

From The Turner Twins by Ralph Henry Barbour

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