comp
1a ticket, book, service, etc., provided free of charge to specially chosen recipients.
complimentary; free of charge: I received a comp copy of her book.
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.
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to compose (type).
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to accompany a soloist with a succession of irregularly spaced chords that punctuate the rhythm.
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comparative.
compare.
compensation.
compilation.
compiled.
compiler.
complement.
complete.
composition.
compositor.
compound.
comprehensive.
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How to use comp in a sentence
Non-comps are gleefully sloughed in the army, just as they are in a railroad-office or a department-store.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 | Elbert Hubbard"Here's a dope sheet from the comps, if anybody's interested in knowing just where outside the Rim we are," she said.
The Women-Stealers of Thrayx | Fox B. HoldenBut see here, I tell you there ain't any use of your hittin' him for 'comps'; he 's tighter than a drum.
Beth Norvell | Randall ParrishProduce un sonido seco y nervioso, y sirve para marcar el comps.
Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader | Ernesto NelsonSo he give me a cupple of "comps" and a led nickle for to buy candie and peenuts with.
The Bad Boy At Home | Walter T. Gray
British Dictionary definitions for comp
/ (kɒmp) informal /
a compositor
an accompanist
an accompaniment
a competition
(intr) to work as a compositor in the printing industry
to play an accompaniment (to)
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