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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Coumpt, Cowmpt, n. [e.m.E. coumpte (1560), var. of compt(e Compt n.¹] An account; a reckoning. 1529 Stirling B. Rec. I. 34.
The saidis coumptis war futtit befoir the saidis provest, baillies & counsall 1540 Maxwell Mem. I. 280.
Ȝe sell resaue to ȝour self twenty pundis in payment till cowmpt and rakynin 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 131.
Thai quhilkis sall geve ane coumpt for ȝour saulis 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 7.
Of the quhilk reparation the principal sal geif coumpt yeirly to the censouris 1611-57 Mure Ps. x. 13.
In hart … Hee dreams no coumpt to make 1634 Peebles Gleanings 175.
I was directit … to mak the exchaker cowmpt 1654–5 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 529.
Receavit … in part payment of the tyndis of Drymen, to ane coumpt