Definition of "compo"

compo

/kɒm.pəʊ/

noun
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.
    Quotations
    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.
    1992, Martin Walker, Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1991: Public Eating
  2. A mixture of whiting, resin, and glue for ornamenting walls and cornices.
  3. Lime cement mortar.
  4. (cricket) A type of practice cricket ball made of cork and rubber.
3. Abbreviation of competition.
  Quotations
  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.
  2013, Cynthia Chris, David A. Gerstner, Media Authorship, page 162