: a complimentary ticket
broadly
: something provided free of charge
comped; comping; comps
: to provide (someone) with something free
a hotel comping celebrities for their rooms
Tim had turned to greet a fellow in a tweedy sport coat, and I saw him signal the bartender to comp the guy to a drink.—
Sue Grafton
Sue Grafton
also
: to provide (something) free of charge
Opening night, there was enough of an overflow, and enough angry people left in the hallways, that management started to comp hotel rooms to soothe the frazzled. —Ben Fong-Torres
Ben Fong-Torres
comped; comping; comps
: to punctuate and support a jazz solo with irregularly spaced chords
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Noun
this hotel offers its guests more comps, including a free bottle of champagne, than most in its class
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David Moin, WWD, 10 Oct. 2024
There’s another similar comp in 2023’s Fast X which had a $7.5M Thursday night, $28M Friday and $67M opening.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
The analyst increased his third-quarter U.S. comps estimate to 0.5% compared to the previous estimate of a 2% decline.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2024
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Noun
For the fourth quarter last year, Kohl’s reported a 4.3 percent decline in comparable sales, but the comps were brought down by the e-commerce business, while the stores showed improvement.
—David Moin, WWD, 10 Oct. 2024
There’s another similar comp in 2023’s Fast X which had a $7.5M Thursday night, $28M Friday and $67M opening.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
In regard to unaided awareness with teens with Red One, comps are Shazam!
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
The analyst increased his third-quarter U.S. comps estimate to 0.5% compared to the previous estimate of a 2% decline.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Comp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comp. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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