COMP
Abbreviation with 2 meanings
| Stands for | Comprehensive coverage |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 2 |
| Categories | Business & Finance, Writing & Everyday |
| Also written | comp. |
COMP has two meanings. It stands for Comprehensive coverage (insurance) or Compiler (citation and bibliography).
Meanings of COMP at a glance
| # | COMP stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comprehensive coverage | Business & Finance › Insurance |
| 2 | Compiler | Writing & Everyday › Citation and Bibliography |
1. Comprehensive coverage
Business & Finance · Insurance Abbreviations
Auto physical damage coverage for losses other than collisions, such as theft, vandalism, fire, hail, flood, falling objects, broken glass and hitting a deer, subject to a deductible.
Example: COMP paid for the windshield after a rock cracked it on the highway.
Declarations pages often show it as "COMP" or "other than collision." Lenders require comprehensive and collision on financed or leased vehicles. Some states require insurers to offer zero-deductible glass coverage.
2. Compiler (comp.)
Writing & Everyday · Citation and Bibliography Abbreviations
Follows the name of a person who gathered material from various sources into a single work, such as a bibliography, a documentary anthology or a song collection. It can also introduce the name as "comp. by."
Example: Lomax, John A., and Alan Lomax, comps. American Ballads and Folk Songs. New York: Macmillan, 1934.
A compiler collects and arranges existing material, while an editor may also revise, annotate or select it. The plural is comps. Chicago lists comp. among its standard role abbreviations alongside ed. and trans. In grammar the related form compar. means comparative.
Related abbreviations
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- COLI – Corporate-owned life insurance
- COLL – Collision coverage
- CPI – Collateral protection insurance
- CSL – Combined single limit
- CSV – Cash surrender value
- CTP – Compulsory third party insurance
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