pta

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of peseta.

plural PTAs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism 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.

   2016 June 9, Nikole Hannah-Jones, “Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City”, in The New York Times Magazine

   Synonyms: PTO, parent-teacher organization

2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of phosphotungstic acid.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism 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).
4. AustraliaabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableengineeringInitialism of permit to acquire: a form lodged with the police to acquire a specific firearm; the authorisation subsequently acquired.

   get your PTA, and then think about spending a few hundred on a more modern .22 and a scope.

   2004 June 18, Lindsay, “Yaaaay. PTA in less than a month”, in aus.sport.shooting (Usenet)

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   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.

   2003 October 21, CD, “NEWSLETTER FROM THE OFFICE OF JOHN TINGLE MLC 15.10.03”, in aus.politics.guns (Usenet)

   I think that is the most meaningless sections of the law out of the whole thing, PTA for second and subsequent arms. They are likely processing hundreds of thousands of PTA′s weekly for absolutely no demonstratable purpose with tax payer monies.

   2004 January 28, Seb, “NEWSLETTER FROM NSW SHOOTERS PARTY January 27 2004”, in aus.politics.guns (Usenet)

   Recently, people applying for a Permit to Acquire have received a letter back from the Firearms Registry saying they had to submit a Certificate of Inspection of their secure storage, before the application could be processed. This was a new thing, and, in the case of people who already have a firearm, was pretty pointless, since we all had our secure storage inspected in that great state-wide sweep; and unless the applicant's address had changed, there was little point in a new inspection. In any case, I had countless reports of people asking their local police to do a new inspection to go with the PTA and being told the police were much too busy to do all that again.

   2006 February 22, CD, “NSW Shooters party Newsletter Feb 21 2006”, in aus.politics.guns (Usenet)

1. abbreviationinitialismbroadcastingInitialism 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.

   2008 January 4, Ed Pilkington, “'Tell the story! Tell the story!'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

present singular third person PTAs · participle present PTAing · participle past PTAed · past PTAed

1. intransitiverareTo take part in a parent-teacher association.

   She does the car-pool, she PTAs. / Doctors and dentists, she drives all day.

   1992, Mary Chapin Carpenter, “He Thinks He'll Keep Her”

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

   1978, Joyce Esersky Goldstein, Feedback: How to Cook for Increased Awareness, Relaxation, Pleasure & Better Communication with Yourself & Those who Eat the Food, page 113

   […] PTAing, Junior Leaguing, and New Eyes For The Needying to do her bit for the tennis program […]

   1979, Frank Satterthwaite, The Three-wall Nick and Other Angles: A Squash Autobiography, page 26