Workers' comp pays for work-related medical problems.
2. transitive verb
If someone, or if a place such as a hotel or a restaurant comps you, or if they comp you to something, they give you a room or a meal without charging you for it.
[US, informal]
I comped him his lunch and lent him gas money to get home.
comp in British English
(kɒmp) informal
noun
1.
a compositor
2.
an accompanist
3.
an accompaniment
4.
a competition
verb
5. (intransitive)
to work as a compositor in the printing industry
6.
to play an accompaniment (to)
comp in American English1
(kɑmp)
US
verb intransitive
Jazz
to play an accompaniment, usually, specif., one consisting primarily of chords played in a syncopated rhythm
said of a pianist, guitarist, etc.
Word origin
< accompany
comp in American English2
(kɑmp)
noun
1. Slang
a free theater ticket, book, etc. given usually for promotional purposes
verb transitive Slang
2.
to give as a comp
3.
to give a comp to
Word origin
< complimentary
comp in American English3
(kɑmp)
noun
comprehensive examination (see comprehensive noun
usually used in pl.
comp in American English4
1.
comparative
2.
compare
3.
compensation
4.
compilation
5.
compiled (by)
6.
compiler
7.
complete
8.
composer
9.
composition
10.
compound
comp in Hospitality
(kɒmp)
Word forms: (present) comps, (past) comped, (perfect) comped, (progressive) comping
verb
(Hospitality (hotel): Reservations and checking in and out)
If a place such as a hotel or a restaurant comps you, or if they comp you to something, they give you a room or a meal without charging you for it.
The manager came to the table to apologize and let us know our bill would be comped.
His ice cream was free because the waitress comped him to it.
His meal at the restaurant was comped by the owner so he didn't pay.
Examples of 'comp' in a sentence
comp
She went to the local comp.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Are such comp time arrangements legal?
Christianity Today (2000)
A spell in a local comp was no happier.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She wanted to commute to her old school, but her parents insisted that it was too far and enrolled her at the local comp.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If not, they'll be fine at the local comp.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We moved to Hampshire and I went to the local comp.