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  compt

  verb (used with or without object)

  an archaic spelling of count.
• compt.
  compt.

  abbreviation

  comptroller.

compt

¹ American  

[kaunt] / 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

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compt compt.

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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Whereas Elegance consists in the compt, well pruned and succinct Turn of a Subject.

From An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) by James L. Clifford

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

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

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 Sir Richard Francis Burton

The particulars whow I spent and gave out the same is in a compt apart beside me.

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 Lord John Lauder Fountainhall

T. I. presents compt. to I. T. and T. I. begs To say that i see the advertisement And she will Do Herself the pleasure of calling On you at 12 o’clock to-morrow morning.

From Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people by Charles Dickens

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