compo

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɒm.pəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɒmpəʊ

compo (countable and uncountable, plural compos)

1. Abbreviation of compensation.
   1. (Australia, slang) Workers' compensation.
2. Abbreviation of composition.
   1. (military, slang, historical, attributive) Compo ration.
      • 1992, Martin Walker, Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1991: Public Eating:

        Sometimes supplies of food might be a little short in certain areas but attempts were made to ensure that all men had some rations, compo and fresh, available to them.

   2. A mixture of whiting, resin, and glue for ornamenting walls and cornices.
   3. Lime cement mortar.

      Lime-cement mortar is also known as composition or "compo" mortar, guarded or gauged mortar. The mix contains, lime, cement and sand in proportions depending on the requirements of the work.

   4. (cricket) A type of practice cricket ball made of cork and rubber.
3. Abbreviation of competition.
   • 2013, Cynthia Chris, David A. Gerstner, Media Authorship, page 162:

     Some Demosceners claim, however, that the Demoscene is no longer a vital community, and that commercial sponsors of compos (competitions) have corrupted the community's original ethos.

• compo ration

From English composition.

compo

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) composition (written essay) (especially in language exams)

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

• IPA^(key): /ˈkompo/,
• Rhymes: -ompo

compo

1. Alternative form of kompo

Shortening of composition.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.po/

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compo f (plural compos)

1. (sports) lineup

• “compo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.