Compo \Com"po\, n.; pl. -pos. Short for Composition; -- used, esp. in England, colloq. in various trade applications; as :
   (a) A mortar made of sand and cement.
   (b) A carver's mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used instead of plaster of Paris for ornamenting walls and cornices.
   (c) A composition for billiard balls.
   (d) A preparation of which printer's rollers are made.
   (e) A preparation used in currying leather.
   (f) Composition paid by a debtor.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)