comp
verb/kɒmp/
1
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
To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.
3
To provide (someone) with a complimentary item, such as a ticket; to provide (someone) with something for free.
- to comp him his meals
- “(grunts) Frankie put glass in the piccata and the restaurant comped us, so we got all these chips. Let's hit the casino.” “All right.” “Come on, Nadia. Let's go watch this Rat Pack show with the girls.” “Did you say "the Rat Pack"?” “Yeah, they're good.” “They're here?” “Yeah, yeah, it's the Rat Pack.” “Chips ahoy!”2021 September 16, Sarah Naftalis, “The Casino” (6:40 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 3, episode 1, spoken by Sean Rinaldi (Anthony Atamanuik):
4
To provide (a complimentary item, such as a ticket) for free (either up front or sometimes by refunding the cost of it).
- The bartender decided to comp their drinks to make up for the earlier incident.
- 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:
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Abbreviation, Clipping Clipping of compile.