What is "pto"

PTO may stand for:

• Pacific Theater of Operations, World War II
• Paid time off, time an employee can draw from to take time off from work, without having to specify a reason
• Peeled tail-on shrimp
• Permission to officiate, a limited form of license to undertake ecclesiastical duties within the Church of England
• Phoenix Thunderbirds Open, a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1962 to 1965
• Power take-off, a splined driveshaft, usually on a tractor or truck, that can be used to provide power to an attachment or separate machine
• Professional try-out agreement, a type of employment contract.