comp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒmp/
rhymes: -ɒmp
Forms: form: comps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of comp..
glosses: Clipping of competition.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2008, Marcia Layton Turner, Marjorie Crum, chapter 16, in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Graphic Design, Penguin, →ISBN:
topics: arts
design
glosses: Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2019, Kelly D. Harrison, Air Force Cop: An Autobiography, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 389:
topics: education
glosses: Clipping of comprehensive examination.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2011, Joanna Nadin, Buttercup Mash, OUP Oxford, →ISBN:
topics: education
glosses: Clipping of comprehensive school.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2011, Sylvester Suzuki, The Intelligent Guide to Casino Gaming, Chartley Publishing LLC, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: Clipping of complimentary ticket or complimentary item.
glosses: Clipping of comparable.
examples: text: Workman's comp and disability comp help people who are injured at work.
text: 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) […]
ref: 2016, Zsuzsa Berend, The Online World of Surrogacy, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 171:
text: [Mark] Chen said he and [Sam] Altman were working “around the clock to talk to those with offers”, adding, “we've been more proactive than ever before, we're recalibrating comp, and we're scoping out creative ways to recognise and reward top talent”.
ref: 2025 July 5, Mark Chen, quotee, “AI talent wars put top staff in line for superstar salaries”, in FT Weekend, Companies & Markets, page 9:
glosses: Clipping of compensation.
glosses: Clipping of composite.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2010, Ro Martinez, Modeling at Any Age, page 81:
glosses: Clipping of comp card.
examples: text: 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; […]
ref: 2013, Lavez Robinson Sr., On My Own, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 61:
glosses: Clipping of composition.
examples: text: […] 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.
ref: 1939, Modern Game Breeding and Hunting Club News:
glosses: Clipping of compositor.
glosses: Clipping of comptroller (“chief accountant”).
examples: text: “Okay. I was home, up, and still working. There'll be a log of that on my comp. […]”
ref: 2011, J. D. Robb, Treachery in Death, London: Piatkus, →ISBN, page 254:
synonyms: 'puter
compy
glosses: Clipping of computer, especially a desktop computer.
glosses: Clipping of compilation.
synonyms: comp sci
glosses: Clipping of computer science, especially an academic program.
Derived terms: comper
comp shop
comp stomp