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 two largest proxy-advisory firms recommended that investment-fund clients vote against ratifying BlackRock’s executive comp packages, citing transparency concerns over how performance incentives are determined and the complexity of the growing carried interest program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
“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
“You other people are out of a job! Heh heh. Learn comp sci.”
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
“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
In a general religious point of view, also, all Israel, the kingdom of the ten tribes, as well as Judah, were at that time, as it were, incorporated into Damascus; comp. ver.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
By the water, salvation is denoted, as is not unfrequently the case, comp. chap. xii.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
Just as here, so by Hosea too, the future carrying away of the inhabitants of Judah is anticipated; comp. vol. i., p.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
I wrote the yarn up in my junior year for an English comp., and tacked on the ghost feature as a sort of added climax.
From The Turner Twins by Barbour, Ralph Henry
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