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PTA^¹

noun PTAs

abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of parent-teacher association 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.
Similar: PTO, parent-teacher organization
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of phosphotungstic acid
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable 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).
Australia, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of permit to acquire: a form lodged with the police to acquire a specific firearm; the authorisation subsequently acquired. 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 suppos

proper noun

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker. 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.

verb PTAs · PTAing · PTAed

intransitive, rare To take part in a parent-teacher association. […] PTAing or marketing or playing bridge or doing God knows what else to fill their days […]

pta^²

noun

abbreviation Abbreviation of peseta

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tpp, tpa, tga, gta, lpt, law, act, apt, atp, ptca, acp, atg, zep, parents, ptas, stn

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noun parent-teacher association

日本語	PTA

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@misc{pta_2026,
  title = {pta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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