comping
verb (used with object)
3.
to compose (type).
Origin:
1865–70; shortened form
1865–70; shortened form
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noun
1.
a ticket, book, service, etc., provided free of charge to specially chosen recipients.
adjective
2.
complimentary; free of charge: I received a comp copy of her book.
verb (used with object)
3.
to provide with a comp: Some casinos comped the biggest spenders, providing rooms and meals on the house.
4.
to provide free of charge: His meals and drinks at the hotel were often comped.
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Comping
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
verb (used without object) Jazz.
to accompany a soloist with a succession of irregularly spaced chords that punctuate the rhythm.
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comp (kɒmp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a compositor |
| 2. | an accompanist |
| 3. | an accompaniment |
| 4. | a competition |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (intr) to work as a compositor in the printing industry |
| 6. | to play an accompaniment (to) |
| comper (ˈkɒmpə) | |
| —n | |
| informal a person who regularly enters competitions in newspapers, magazines, etc, esp competitions offering consumer goods as prizes | |
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| 'comping | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
comp
"complimentary ticket," 1885, short for complimentary. Meaning "nonpaying guest" is attested by 1930s; generalized to "anything given free" by 1960s. As a verb, by 1980s. As a shortening of compensation (esp. workman's) it was in use by 1970s.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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