PTO

See also: pto

English

the PTO driveshaft of a tractor (noun sense 3)

the PTO output shaft of a tractor (noun sense 3)

Pronunciation

• (initialism):

  Audio (US):

  (file)

Proper noun

PTO

1. Initialism of Patent and Trademark Office
   2. United States Patent and Trademark Office.

      Synonym: USPTO (the more common initialism for this entity)

Translations

United States Patent and Trademark Office

• French: Office américain des brevets et marques m
• German: Patentamt (de) n der Vereinigten Staaten von America.
• Polish: PTO (pl) n

See also

• United States Patent and Trademark Office on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

PTO (plural PTOs)

2. Initialism of parent-teacher organization.

   Synonyms: PTA, parent-teacher association

4. Initialism of paid time off.

   Hypernym: time off

   Hyponyms: sick day, vacation day, personal day

   • 2026 January 25, VIC [username], “Evershine 2026 New Year Plans [reply]”, in Steam Community‎^[1], via Steam, archived from the original on 5 February 2026:

     I'm requesting PTO for this drop, I cannot overstate my excitement. Excellent game series, I'll play them forever.

6. Initialism of power take-off, a powered shaft for driving auxiliary equipment.
7. (logistics) Initialism of pick-to-order.
   • 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:

     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.

Translations

Parent Teacher Organization

• German: Elternvertretung f, Elternbeirat m, Elternausschuss m, Elternpflegschaft f
• Hungarian: szülői munkaközösség
• Japanese: PTA (ja) (PTA)
• Polish: PTO (pl) n

powered shaft for driving auxiliary equipment

• French: prise de force (fr) f
• German: Zapfwelle f
• Polish: WOM m
• Spanish: toma de fuerza f

Phrase

PTO

2. Initialism of please turn over (written at the end of the text on a page to say that it continues overleaf).

Translations

please turn over

• Dutch: z.o.z. (nl)
• French: TSVP (fr)
• Hungarian: ˙⁄. or ⁒, fordíts!
• Polish: proszę odwrócić
• Swedish: V.G.V.

See also

• overleaf

Anagrams

• OPT, OPt, OTP, TPO, oPt, opt, opt., pot, top

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈte.o/, [peˈt̪e.o]

Noun

PTO (plural PTO-PTO)

1. (pharmacy) initialism of pemantauan terapi obat (“therapeutic drug monitoring”, literally “drug therapy monitoring”)