: 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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Examples of comp in a Sentence
Noun
this hotel offers its guests more comps, including a free bottle of champagne, than most in its class
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Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The North Face is a great comp for Yeti with excellent products, strong brand loyalty, and a solid opportunity for expansion from niche products for outdoorsy consumers to the masses.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2025
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
This is the best start of 2025 and is significantly higher than the above comps as well as double Free Guy, Jumanji: The Next Level, Pikachu, Sonic 2 and Into the Spider-Verse, among others.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Roger Dubuis’s Excalibur Grand Complication and Patek Philippe’s Ref. 5308G perform similar functions, and both are contemporary expressions of the grand comp, but the similarity ends there.
—Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The North Face is a great comp for Yeti with excellent products, strong brand loyalty, and a solid opportunity for expansion from niche products for outdoorsy consumers to the masses.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
Some comps on Conclave‘s viewership per Luminate: The movie had daily viewership of 1.7M minutes watched in the U.S. during the tracking week April 11-17.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
This is the best start of 2025 and is significantly higher than the above comps as well as double Free Guy, Jumanji: The Next Level, Pikachu, Sonic 2 and Into the Spider-Verse, among others.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Comp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comp. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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