abbreviation

• 1British Please turn over (written at the foot of a page to indicate that the text continues on the reverse).

• 2

  (also pto)

  (in a tractor or other vehicle) power takeoff.

  ‘The third resolution is to vow never to operate a tractor with an uncovered power take-off (pto) shaft.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The pto with no guard shows no mercy and very few who get wound round that shaft live to tell the tale.’
  • ‘The PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) is the general acronym for 75% of the groups that choose to remain independent of the PTA.’

• 3Parent–teacher organization.