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    compt
    verb (used with or without object)
    an archaic spelling of count.
  • compt.
    compt.
    abbreviation
    comptroller.

compt

1 American  
[kount] / kaʊnt /

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.
  1. an archaic spelling of count.


compt. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. comptroller.


Example Sentences

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Mein, for sweteis, glasses, etc., conforme to his compt.,

From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord

Men koopt gemeen 25 Gantam voor 5 ofte 6 realen, dat is zooveel als een hanega; het compt al van ’t zelfde eylandt van Clocas, Cangayan en andere plaetsen”.

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G, "was of good compt, fyve and twentie hundreth men," &c.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David

And my wife will be jocund, feat, compt, neat, quaint, dainty, trim, tricked up, brisk, smirk, and smug, even as a pretty little Cornish chough.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

I have kept compt, still meaning to be just one day; but Avarice withheld me.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

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