Thesaurus / comp
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
The demonstrative adverb thus implies a relative adverb: comp.
MILTON'S COMUSJOHN MILTON
In this participle the termination -ing seems almost equivalent to that of the past participle: comp.
MILTON'S COMUSJOHN MILTON
Th' brokerage house iv Conem an' Comp'ny wint into th' hands iv a receiver to-day.
MR. DOOLEY SAYSFINLEY DUNNE
Sivral times I wint to th' dinin'-room intindin' to jine th' jovyal comp'ny there but quit at th' dure.
MR. DOOLEY SAYSFINLEY DUNNE
There is no hearth as ample in anny man's home as th' hearth th' Steel Comp'ny does its cookin' by.
MR. DOOLEY SAYSFINLEY DUNNE
The Cape Verd Islands, which lie outside these straits, may be here referred to: comp.
MILTON'S COMUSJOHN MILTON
W'en a man feels himself slightly 'tossicated, 's nozzin' like bein' in comp'ny of f'law 'at knows where 's goin'.
TIN-TYPES TAKEN IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORKLEMUEL ELY QUIGG
But I see right here ef I is comp'ny done come to spen' de day, I'd bes' put on a ap'on and git ter wuck.
MOLLY BROWN'S ORCHARD HOMENELL SPEED
Ould Silver wud never pay actor-man or woman their just dues, an' by consequince his comp'nies was collapsible at the last minut.
SOLDIER STORIESRUDYARD KIPLING
If you manage your men as you manage your love makin', small wondher they call you the worst corp'ril in the comp'ny.
SOLDIER STORIESRUDYARD KIPLING
WORDS RELATED TO COMP
- ante up
- atone
- atone for
- balance
- comp
- compensate
- cough up
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- countervail
- do business
- equalize
- expiate
- fix
- give satisfaction
- grease
- indemnify
- make amends
- make good
- make up for
- offset
- overcompensate
- pay
- pay for
- propitiate
- put out
- reciprocate
- recoup
- recover
- redress
- reimburse
- remunerate
- repay
- requite
- retaliate
- retrieve
- return
- reward
- satisfy
- spring for
- square
- sweeten the pot
- swing for
- take care of
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