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comp., n.|kɒmp|
An abbreviation: a. of company (cf. co3); b. (in Printers' phrase) of compositor; c. of competition n. 2; d. of accompaniment 2 (cf. next).
(In sense b, said to be originally for companion, i.e. member of a companionship of compositors; see companionship, sense 3.)
1677Lond. Direct. (1878), Edw. Brown and Comp. with Mr. Adrian, Broadstreet. 1738Kent's Direct. Lond. 5 Adams, Nathaniel & Comp, Mercers Without, Ludgate.
1870Sportsman 17 Dec. (Farmer), I stood before the world a journeyman comp. 1889Pall Mall G. 14 Nov. 2/2 The ‘comps’ at the Propaganda set type in as many languages as those who are employed for our Bible Society.
1929L. MacNeice Blind Fireworks 71 I'm going in for the beauty comp. 1963J. Fowles Collector ii. 181 You ought to go in for beauty comps, he said.
1946Mezzrow & Wolfe Really the Blues 362 The piano..sticks to a rhythmic function, with either a four-four tempo or strictly comp. |