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Meaning of comps

noun

Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.
Clipping of comprehensive examination.
Clipping of complimentary ticket or item.

noun

(in bibliographies) Abbreviation of compiled.

noun

Something suitable for comparison.

noun

(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
An equal; a rival; a compeer.
One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.

noun

Comparison.
An instruction or command that compares two values.
Illustration by comparison; simile.

noun

The act or principle of compensating.
Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.
The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.
A recompense or reward for service.
An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.

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