The ancient scribe would compt every tally by hand before the town council met.

She examined the compt carefully and found several discrepancies.

The compt cottage by the sea had a charm that drew visitors back every summer.

She was compting the receipts to make sure the totals matched.

She compted the inventory before closing the shop.

Historians examined the merchant's compts to understand medieval trade.

The old judge compts every small kindness as a sign of character.

He wrote "compts of the season" at the top of the note, using the old-fashioned abbreviation.

The old ledger from the 18th century revealed the daily routines of a compting house, where clerks tallied shipments and calculated debts.

After the symposium, the editor compiled all the comptes rendus into a special issue for the journal.