Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various combined substances, such as mortar or plaster, formed by mixing ingredients.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
compost , 4. - noun Same as
composition , 5. - noun A mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used for ornaments on walls and cornices instead of plaster of Paris: called specifically carvers' compo.
- noun The sum or dividend paid in composition of a bankrupt's debts; also, the portion of the monthly wages paid to a ship's company.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mortar made of sand and cement.
- noun A carver's mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used instead of plaster of Paris for ornamenting walls and cornices.
- noun A composition for billiard balls.
- noun A preparation of which printer's rollers are made.
- noun A preparation used in currying leather.
- noun Composition paid by a debtor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- abbreviation
composition - abbreviation
competition - abbreviation
compensation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I mean we can pay prisoners thousands in compo for being made to withdraw from drugs without batting an eyelid but the merest sniff of helping someone decent & the world goes bonkers.
Family Misfortunes Newmania 2007
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Liverpool should be demanding compo from the Spanish FA.
CaughtOffside.com 2009
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The Telegraph are reporting that anyone held past 28 days but not charged will be eligible for £3,000 a day compo which is said to be exciting interest among MPs and MEPs named after seaside towns - Conwy, Chichester, Dover - as £90,000 tax free in a month almost matches their own winnings.
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For the condensing pipes, "compo" tubing of 1/2-inch outside diameter is convenient.
Things To Make Archibald Williams
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The supply pipe has a siphon-piece of "compo" tubing at the top, to draw off the water when the tube has been filled by suction, and a small tap at the bottom.
Things To Make Archibald Williams
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In my horrible desire to "compo" everything, the very postman becomes my enemy because he brings no letter from you; and, in short, I don't see what's to become of me unless I hear from you to-morrow, which I have not the least expectation of doing.
The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1 (of 3), 1833-1856 Charles Dickens 1841
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In the good old days of mix-tapes, the length of a home-made compo was dictated by the length of the tape.
Don’t point that thing at me « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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You don't pays your money, and takes your compo if it turns out to be a shocker.
Arsenal's ticket gesture to fans misplaced – leave us to our misery | Marina Hyde 2011
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SOME people may be ringing their friendly compo solicitor as I write.
Purple Pain « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Python and the Stephen Fry compo « dudegalea dudegalea interstellar systems engineer
knitandpurl commented on the word compo
"No money came in. No compo. Sam didn't go on the dole."
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, p 18 of the Graywolf Press hardcover edition
March 25, 2010
bilby commented on the word compo
Compensation. Usually understood to mean Workers' Compensation, i.e. payments to a person who sustained a significant injury in the workplace.
March 25, 2010
alexz commented on the word compo
Canada also uses 'compo' as workers comp.
November 16, 2013