Comp is an
abbreviationAn abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase...
that may refer to:
In
music:
- Accompaniment
In music, accompaniment is the art of playing along with a soloist or ensemble, often known as the lead, in a supporting manner as well as the music thus played...
, also specifically in jazz known as comping
- Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, source or subject matter...
, a collection of music by different artists
- The assembly of a composite vocal (or other solo) track from a collection of different takes
In
business and
finance:
- Comparable company analysis in corporate finance or investment banking
- Comparables
Comparables is a real estate appraisal term referring to properties with characteristics that are similar to a subject property whose value is being sought...
in real estate
- Comp Sales or Comparable Store Sales or Same-Store Sales or Comp-Store: a measurement of productivity in revenue used to compare this year's sales in a given retail store to sales of the same period last year.
Comp may also refer to:
- Complimentary items, generally something of value, such as a ticket to an event, that is given free
Gratis is the process of providing goods or services without compensation. It is often referred to in English as "free of charge" or "complementary"...
or without additional charge; a particular example of this is the casino compsIn the context of casinos, comps are complimentary items given out by casinos to encourage players to gamble. The amount of comps that a player is given usually depends on what game they are playing, how much they are betting, and how long they have played. Most casinos have hosts who are...
, such as free hotel rooms and food, given away by casinos to gamblers.
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Comp is an
abbreviationAn abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase...
that may refer to:
In
music:
- Accompaniment
In music, accompaniment is the art of playing along with a soloist or ensemble, often known as the lead, in a supporting manner as well as the music thus played...
, also specifically in jazz known as comping
- Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, source or subject matter...
, a collection of music by different artists
- The assembly of a composite vocal (or other solo) track from a collection of different takes
In
business and
finance:
- Comparable company analysis in corporate finance or investment banking
- Comparables
Comparables is a real estate appraisal term referring to properties with characteristics that are similar to a subject property whose value is being sought...
in real estate
- Comp Sales or Comparable Store Sales or Same-Store Sales or Comp-Store: a measurement of productivity in revenue used to compare this year's sales in a given retail store to sales of the same period last year.
Comp may also refer to:
- Complimentary items, generally something of value, such as a ticket to an event, that is given free
Gratis is the process of providing goods or services without compensation. It is often referred to in English as "free of charge" or "complementary"...
or without additional charge; a particular example of this is the casino compsIn the context of casinos, comps are complimentary items given out by casinos to encourage players to gamble. The amount of comps that a player is given usually depends on what game they are playing, how much they are betting, and how long they have played. Most casinos have hosts who are...
, such as free hotel rooms and food, given away by casinos to gamblers. Used more often as a verb ("comp'd the rooms").
- Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein
Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the COMP gene.COMP is a marker of cartilage turnover.-Further reading:-External links:...
- Composition studies
Composition Studies is the professional field of writing research and instruction, focusing especially on writing at the college level in the United States...
, the professional field of writing instruction, especially at the college level in the United States
- A comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. The term is commonly used in relation to the United Kingdom, where comprehensive schools were introduced in the late 1940s to the early 1970s. It corresponds broadly to the...
, the prominent type of school in the United Kingdom, catering for students of all abilities
- Comprehensive layout
In graphic design and advertising, a comprehensive layout or comprehensive, usually shortened to comp, is the page layout of a proposed design as initially presented by the designer to a client, showing the relative positions of text and illustrations before the specific content of those elements...
, in advertising, the layout of a proposed design as initially presented by the company to a client
- Workers' compensation
Workers compensation is a form of insurance that provides compensation medical care for employees who are injured in the course of employment, in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence...
or Workers' compWorkers compensation is a form of insurance that provides compensation medical care for employees who are injured in the course of employment, in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence...
, financial compensation for work-related injuries of employees, in particular compensation of loss of wages, sometimes also for medical costs
- Companions
There are a number of people venerated as saints within the Christian Church who are named only as Companions of another named saint. The following is an incomplete list of examples:*Saints Perpetua and Felicity and Companions*Saints Donnan and Companions...
, in the Christian Church; when the term Comp. follows the name of a Christian saint it denotes the fact that the named saint had companions who were also made saints due to their close association with the named saint and their actions at the time of the act or acts for which the sainthood was attained
- Computer
A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a set of instructions.Although mechanical examples of computers have existed through much of recorded human history, the first electronic computers were developed in the mid-20th century . These were the size of a large room, consuming as...
, among users of computer and online games, usually in combination with various other words, e.g. "comp games", "comp chat", "comp gamers", etc.
- The comp.* hierarchy, a major class of newsgroups in Usenet
- Composite, as in the comp card
A comp card is a marketing tool for actors and especially models. They serve as the latest and best of a model's portfolio and are used as a business card.-History:...
s used by models, actors and their agencies
- Comparable-store sales, also known as same-store sales
Same-store sales is a business term which refers to the revenue generated by a retail chain's existing outlets over a certain period of time , compared to an identical period in the past, usually in the previous year...
, used to figure a company's brand worth and the increasing revenues of stores.
- A comprehensive examination
A comprehensive examination , often abbreviated as "comps," is a specific type of examination
- A recoil compensator
Muzzle brakes and recoil compensators are devices that are fitted to the muzzle of a firearm or cannon to redirect propellant gases with the effect of countering both recoil of the gun and unwanted rising of the barrel during rapid fire...
on a firearm
- An Internet or mail-in competition or sweepstakes
In the United States consumer sales promotions known as sweepstakes or simply sweeps have become associated with marketing promotions targeted toward both generating enthusiasm and providing incentive reactions among customers by enticing consumers to submit free entries into drawings of chance ...
. The hobby of entering these contests is known as "comping"
- A Compositor/ Hand Compositor. Forunner of the modern day Pre-press operator. Colloquially a "Comp".
- The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Western University of Health Sciences is a non-profit, private, graduate school for the health professions. The university campus includes nine major buildings located on in downtown Pomona, California....
at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA.
- Comp, the abbreviation for the orchid genus Comparettia
Comparettia, abbreviated Comp in the horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids. It consists of 14 species, native to tropical America, in particular the Andes.-List of species:...
Comps is the name or part of the name of several
communeThe commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life; from Latin communis, things held in common.French communes are roughly...
s in
FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
:
- Comps, Drôme
Comps is a commune in the Drôme department in south-eastern France....
, in the DrômeDrôme is a department in southeastern France named after the Drôme River.-History:Drôme is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
department
- Comps, Gard
Comps is a commune in the Gard department in southern France....
, in the Gard department
- Comps, Gironde
Comps is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in south-western France....
, in the GirondeGironde is a common name for the Gironde Estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:...
department
- Comps-la-Grand-Ville
Comps-la-Grand-Ville is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.-See also:*Communes of the Aveyron department...
, in the AveyronAveyron is a department in southern France named after the Aveyron River.- History :Aveyron is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790....
department
- Comps-sur-Artuby
Comps-sur-Artuby is a village and commune in the Var département of south-eastern France.Comps-sur-Artuby, is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département in eastern France, a part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It is the nearest town to the eastern entrance to the Gorges du...
, in the Var department