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

Take the bonds along with you, And have the dates in compt.

From Timon of Athens by Shakespeare, William

O thou whose favours have been out of compt, iii.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Nay, but I will speak,   Since like two souls at compt we seem to stand,   Where nothing may be hidden.

From The Sisters' Tragedy by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

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

Besydis thare grammare, and other humane authoris, he redd unto thame a catechisme, a compt whairof he caused thame geve publictlie in the parishe Kirk of Sanctandrois.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David