Usually means: Comparison, often used in business.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. comp: Merriam-Webster
  2. comp, comp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. comp, comp, comp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. comp: Collins English Dictionary
  5. comp: Vocabulary.com
  6. Comp, comp: Wordnik
  7. Comp, comp: Wiktionary
  8. comp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. comp, comp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. comp: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. COMP(IRM), COMP(P/B), comp, comp: Dictionary.com
  12. comp: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Comp (command), Comp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Comp: Rhymezone
  15. comp, comp: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  16. comp: FreeDictionary.org
  17. comp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. comp, comp: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. comp: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. COMP: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Comp: Financial dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. comp: CCI Computer
  2. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  3. comp: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. comp: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. comp, comp, comp: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  2. COMP(IRM), COMP(P/B), COMP: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. comp, comp: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. c.o.m.p: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  2. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See comped as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive, US) To accompany, in music.
verb:  (transitive) To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.
verb:  (transitive) To provide (someone) with a complimentary item, such as a ticket; to provide (someone) with something for free.
verb:  (transitive) To provide (a complimentary item, such as a ticket) for free (either up front or sometimes by refunding the cost of it).
noun:  A surname.
adjective:  Clipping of complimentary. [In the nature of a compliment.]
adjective:  Clipping of comparative. [Of or relating to comparison.]
adjective:  Clipping of compensatory or compensating. [(of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury]
noun:  Alternative form of comp.
noun:  Clipping of competition. [(uncountable) The action of competing.]
noun:  (design) Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.
noun:  (education) Clipping of comprehensive examination.
noun:  (British, education) Clipping of comprehensive school. [(British) a normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools]
noun:  Clipping of complimentary ticket or item.
noun:  Clipping of comparable. [Something suitable for comparison.]
noun:  (informal) Clipping of compensation. [The act or principle of compensating.]
noun:  Clipping of composite. [A mixture of different components.]
noun:  Clipping of comp card.
noun:  Clipping of composition. [The act of putting together; assembly.]
noun:  Clipping of compositor. [A person who sets type; a typesetter.]
noun:  Clipping of comptroller (“chief accountant”). [The chief accountant of a company or government.]
noun:  (colloquial, dated) Clipping of computer, especially a desktop computer. [(now rare, chiefly historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.]
noun:  Clipping of compilation. [(uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.]
noun:  Clipping of computer science, especially an academic program. [The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.]
verb:  Clipping of compile. [(transitive) To make by gathering pieces from various sources.]

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