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Noun: PTO
  1. A device that transfers power from an engine (as in a tractor or other motor vehicle) to another piece of equipment (as to a pump or jackhammer)
    "The farmer connected the baler to the tractor's PTO";
    - power takeoff
Abbreviation: PTO
  1. [Brit] Please turn over
     
  2. Paid Time Off
     
  3. [N. Amer] Parent-teacher organization

Type of: device

Encyclopedia: PTO