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  comp

  noun

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

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Example Sentences

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“The comp next door, that house went for a lot of money, a lot more than any of us thought it would go for,” Gaetjens explained.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

"I feel like I've seen a lot of women's rugby and it's the biggest and best women's comp in the world right now," Tui added.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Labor Department, where he oversaw the workers’ comp program for federal employees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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

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

Father of eternity is he who will ever be a Father, an affectionate provider, comp. chap. xxii.

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

A prelude to the fulfilment took place by the defeat of Sennacherib under Hezekiah, 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

Farther--The representation of the Messiah, under the image of a sprout or shoot, is very common in Scripture; comp. chap. xi. 1-10; liii.

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

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