to provide with a comp.
Some casinos comped the biggest spenders, providing rooms and meals on the house.
to provide free of charge.
His meals and drinks at the hotel were often comped.
comparative.
compare.
compensation.
compilation.
compiled.
compiler.
complement.
complete.
composition.
compositor.
compound.
comprehensive.
a compositor
an accompanist
an accompaniment
a competition
(intr) to work as a compositor in the printing industry
to play an accompaniment (to)
First recorded in 1885–90; by shortening of complimentary
First recorded in 1865–70; shortened form
An Americanism first recorded in 1945–50; shortening of accompany
By shortening
By shortening
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“The comp next door, no one would have thought that price was possible,” Gaetjens says.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
Munger, who died in 2023, once said he’d rather throw an “asp down my shirtfront” than hire a comp consultant.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
"When I went to comp, I was in top sets," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
The letter from Rodiger also said that the Dodgers’ longtime practice of offering tour guides comp tickets would continue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Wickersham entered with a Polaroid camera and took front and profile shots of me—required, I think, in case I made a claim for workmen’s comp.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
“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
When they had come to Canaan, the provisions of the law in reference to the camp were transferred to the towns; comp. farther Lev. xiii.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
Tiberii res . . . ob metum false compositæ sunt, according to Wolf’s reading; comp. with Germ.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
What is now more rational, therefore, than that he should connect the salvation and prosperity likewise with the person of a Divine Ruler? comp. chap. i.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
IX, 18; XI, 6; XLIX, 15, comp. with Isa.
From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann
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