Compo

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  • noun. Any of various combined substances, such as mortar or plaster, formed by mixing ingredients.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • abbreviation. composition
  • abbreviation. competition
  • abbreviation. compensation
  • Word Usage
    "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."
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