Noun: PTO
- 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
- [Brit] Please turn over
- Paid Time Off
- [N. Amer] Parent-teacher organization
Type of: device
Encyclopedia: PTO