Pta

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of parent-teacher association. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Faraji, my husband, had been elected co-president of P.S. 307’s P.T.A. along with Benjamin Greene, another black middle-class parent from Bed-Stuy, who also serves on the community education council."

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of peseta. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Initialism of phosphotungstic acid. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 4
    Initialism of prepaid ticket advice: information sent to an airline that a passenger will collect the ticket at the airport (not the same as an e-ticket). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 5
    Initialism of permit to acquire: a form lodged with the police to acquire a specific firearm; the authorisation subsequently acquired. Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Their computer cannot issue a Permit to Acquire to somebody who does not have the appropriate category of licence; or whose licence is about to expire. I am hearing from lots of people who want to know why it's taking weeks, or even months, for the PTA to be issued, when the waiting period is supposed to be only 28 days. The reason is, of course, that the massive backlog of five-year licence renewals, caused by the under-resourcing of the Registry, is holding up PTA′s because they can't be issued until after the licence renewal is issued."

Verb
  1. 1
    To take part in a parent-teacher association. intransitive, rare

    "[…] PTAing or marketing or playing bridge or doing God knows what else to fill their days […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "The result is a film that certainly does amaze, and bears several of the PTA hallmarks: breathtaking confidence, a love of acting and of visual beauty, and an exceptional grasp of the art of storytelling."

Synonyms

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parent teacher associationparent-teacher associationparent-teacher organizationphosphate acetyltransferasephosphate acetyltransferasepto

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"Tom has been the president of our PTA for the last three years."

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