comp

Etymology

adj

1. Clipping of complimentary.
   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. 8 May 2019, Barney Ronay, “Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam”, in The Guardian
2. Clipping of comparative.
   comp lit[erature]
3. Clipping of compensatory or compensating.
   comp time comp pay

noun

1. Alternative form of comp.
2. Clipping of competition.
3. (design) Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.
   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. 2008, Marcia Layton Turner, Marjorie Crum, chapter 16, in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Graphic Design, Penguin
4. (education) Clipping of comprehensive examination.
   In mid-April I took my comp test at the Mather AFB education office. Two weeks later I got a letter telling me I had passed my comp test on the first try. 2019, Kelly D. Harrison, Air Force Cop: An Autobiography, Dorrance Publishing, page 389
5. (Britain, education) Clipping of comprehensive school.
   Although she got expelled from Pennington after three months and ended up at Broadmead, which is like this totally tough comp where they have to check you for weapons at the door. 2011, Joanna Nadin, Buttercup Mash, OUP Oxford
6. Clipping of complimentary ticket or item.
   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. 2011, Sylvester Suzuki, The Intelligent Guide to Casino Gaming, Chartley Publishing LLC, page 7
7. Clipping of comparable.
8. (informal) Clipping of compensation.
   I'll respond to ads that mention comp if it's along the lines of someone who knows they need a surrogate with a comp in a specific range (i.e. we can do a comp of $XXXX to $XXXX) […] 2016, Zsuzsa Berend, The Online World of Surrogacy, Berghahn Books, page 171
9. Clipping of composite.
10. Clipping of comp card.
    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. 2010, Ro Martinez, Modeling at Any Age, page 81
11. Clipping of composition.
    I had managed to bring up my grades in composition just before the end of my sixth grade year after Mr. Constantino, my comp teacher, called my Mother and informed her I was on the verge of flunking; […] 2013, Lavez Robinson Sr., On My Own, Xlibris Corporation, page 61
12. Clipping of compositor.
    […] 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. 1939, Modern Game Breeding and Hunting Club News
13. Clipping of comptroller (“chief accountant”).
14. (colloquial, dated) Clipping of computer, especially a desktop computer.
    “Okay. I was home, up, and still working. There'll be a log of that on my comp. […]” 2011, J. D. Robb, Treachery in Death, London: Piatkus, page 254
15. Clipping of compilation.
16. Clipping of computer science, especially an academic program.
17. Clipping of compensation.
    workmen's comp disability comp

verb

1. (intransitive, US) To accompany, in music.
   He comped lightly and then played a short phrase to begin his solo. 2001, Charles Suhor, Jazz in New Orleans: The Postwar Years Through 1970, page 9
2. (transitive) To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.
3. (transitive) To provide (someone) with a complimentary item, such as a ticket.
4. (transitive) To provide a complimentary item, such as a ticket.
   There’s a small bar serving the suites, where all the drinks are comped. 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 92
5. Clipping of compile.