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PTO en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of parent-teacher organization.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of paid time off.
    • I'm requesting PTO for this drop, I cannot overstate my excitement. Excellent game series, I'll play them forever. 2026 January 25, VIC [username], “Evershine 2026 New Year Plans [reply]”, in Steam Community, via Steam, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2026:
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of power take-off, a powered shaft for driving auxiliary equipment.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:logistics) Initialism of pick-to-order.
    • In the case of the three strategies MTS, Make-to-Forecast (MTF) and Pick-to-Order (PTO), the allocation of customer orders takes place in the dispatch area. PTO allows the customer to choose from standard items. 2004 July 28, Jari Partanen and Harri Haapasalo, “Fast production for order fulfillment: Implementing mass customization in electronics industry”, in International Journal of Production Economics, volume 90, number 2, Netherlands, →DOI, pages 213-222:

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Hypernyms

time off

Synonyms

parent-teacher association · PTA

Translations (11)

pl PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) · fr prise de force (powered shaft for driving auxiliary equipment) · de Elternausschuss (Parent Teacher Organization) · es toma de fuerza (powered shaft for driving auxiliary equipment) · de Elternpflegschaft (Parent Teacher Organization) · pl WOM (powered shaft for driving auxiliary equipment) · de Zapfwelle (powered shaft for driving auxiliary equipment) · de Elternvertretung (Parent Teacher Organization) · de Elternbeirat (Parent Teacher Organization) · hu szülői munkaközösség (Parent Teacher Organization) · ja PTA (Parent Teacher Organization)

wikidata: Q706242 · wikidata: Q952371 · wikidata: Q7124679

Source: en.wiktionary, “PTO” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

PTO en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Patent and Trademark Office
  2. Initialism of Patent and Trademark Office ▸ United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Synonyms

USPTO

Translations (3)

de Patentamt n der Vereinigten Staaten von America. (United States Patent and Trademark Office) · pl PTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) · fr Office américain des brevets et marques (United States Patent and Trademark Office)

wikidata: Q1459541

Source: en.wiktionary, “PTO” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

PTO en · X

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of please turn over (written at the end of the text on a page to say that it continues overleaf).

Relateds

overleaf

Translations (6)

fr TSVP (please turn over) · nl z.o.z. (please turn over) · hu fordíts! (please turn over) · hu ˙⁄. or ⁒ (please turn over) · pl proszę odwrócić (please turn over) · sv V.G.V. (please turn over)