compt

¹ American  

[kount] / kaʊnt /

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.

1. an archaic spelling of count.

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compt. ² American  

abbreviation

1. comptroller.

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Example Sentences

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

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

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”.

From by

Oh ill-Starr'd wench, Pale as thy Smocke: when we shall meete at compt, This looke of thine will hurle my Soule from Heauen, And Fiends will snatch at it.

From Othello by Shakespeare, William

O thou whose favours have been out of compt, *           Whose gifts are more than may be numbered!

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

And "Almighty Allah, O my son, hath given thy father monies past compt."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir