compt

¹ American  

[kount] / kaʊnt /

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.

1. an archaic spelling of count.

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compt. ² American  

abbreviation

1. comptroller.

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Example Sentences

Men koopt gemeen 25 Gantam voor 5 ofte 6 realen, dat is zooveel als een hanega; het compt al van ’t zelfde eylandt van Clocas, Cangayan en andere plaetsen”.

From by

Herodotus writeth that thethiopians named Macrobij, do more estieme latten then thei do golde whiche thei put to nothyng that thei compt of any price.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard

O thou whose favours have been out of compt, *           Whose gifts are more than may be numbered!

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Mein, for sweteis, glasses, etc., conforme to his compt.,

From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord

I have kept compt, still meaning to be just one day; but Avarice withheld me.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles