comp
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kɒmp/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒmp
Adjective
[edit]comp (not comparable)
- Clipping of complimentary.
- 2019 May 8, Barney Ronay, “Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam”, in The Guardian[1]:
- It will instead be Liverpool in Madrid on the first day of June for another shot at the ultimate. Presumably, Sergio Ramos, season long since over, will receive a comp ticket. These gestures all count.
- Clipping of comparative.
- comp lit[erature]
- Clipping of compensatory or compensating.
- comp time comp pay
Noun
[edit]comp (plural comps)
- Alternative form of comp.
- Clipping of competition.
- (design) Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.
- 2008, Marcia Layton Turner, Marjorie Crum, chapter 16, in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Graphic Design, Penguin, →ISBN:
- The purpose of a comp is to give your client, whether that is your boss, a committee you're on, or an outside company that has retained you for design assistance, a look at what the finished piece you've designed will look like.
- (education) Clipping of comprehensive examination.
- (British, education) Clipping of comprehensive school.
- Clipping of complimentary ticket or item.
- 2011, Sylvester Suzuki, The Intelligent Guide to Casino Gaming, Chartley Publishing LLC, →ISBN, page 7:
- One of the truly free comps in casinos is the free drink. If you are presentably dressed and even look like you might be engaging in some form of gaming, in many casinos you can get a free drink simply by flagging down one of the cocktail waitresses that are constantly circulating throughout the casino.
- Clipping of comparable.
- (informal) Clipping of compensation.
- Workman's comp and disability comp help people who are injured at work.
- Clipping of composite.
- Clipping of comp card.
- 2010, Ro Martinez, Modeling at Any Age, page 81:
- If the same model has beautiful hair, white teeth, glowing skin, a fit body, good hands and legs, a great wardrobe, and a knockout comp, her value on the "bookability meter" goes sky high.
- Clipping of composition.
- Clipping of compositor.
- 1939, Modern Game Breeding and Hunting Club News:
- […] Charles, Va., where he worked as a comp for two years. Then back home he went to Snow Hill to produce his own weekly newspaper, the Snow Hill Advocate.
- Clipping of comptroller (“chief accountant”).
- (colloquial, dated) Clipping of computer, especially a desktop computer.
- Clipping of compilation.
- Clipping of computer science, especially an academic program.
- Synonym: comp sci
Derived terms
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[edit]Verb
[edit]comp (third-person singular simple present comps, present participle comping, simple past and past participle comped)
- (intransitive, US) To accompany, in music.
- 2001, Charles Suhor, Jazz in New Orleans: The Postwar Years Through 1970, page 9:
- He comped lightly and then played a short phrase to begin his solo.
- (transitive) To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.
- (transitive) To provide (someone) with a complimentary item, such as a ticket; to provide (someone) with something for free.
- to comp him his meals
- (transitive) To provide (a complimentary item, such as a ticket) for free (either up front or sometimes by refunding the cost of it).
- The bartender decided to comp their drinks to make up for the earlier incident.
- 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 92:
- There’s a small bar serving the suites, where all the drinks are comped.
- Clipping of compile.
Translations
[edit]to compose
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to provide with a complimentary item
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Anagrams
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[edit]Noun
[edit]comp
- Alternative form of kampe
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