Usually means: Parent Teacher Association, school involvement.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word pta:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. pta: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. PTA, pta: Merriam-Webster
  3. PTA, pta: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. PTA, pta: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pta: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Pta, pta: Wordnik
  7. PTA, pta: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. PTA: Wiktionary
  9. pta: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. PTA: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Pta: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. PTA, p.t.a, pta: Dictionary.com
  13. pta: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. P.T.A, PTA: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. PTA: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  16. PTA, pta: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Education Terms and Acronyms (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PTA: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. PTA: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. PTA: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. PTA: Medical dictionary
  6. PTA: Brain Injury

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PTA(ESA), PTA: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pta: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. P.T.A, PTA, PTA: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Pta)

verb:  (intransitive, rare) To take part in a parent-teacher association.
noun:  Initialism of parent-teacher association. [A formal organization composed of parents, teachers, and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a public or private school.]
noun:  Initialism of phosphotungstic acid. [(inorganic chemistry) A heteropoly acid formally derived from phosphoric acid and tungstic acid; it is used as an analytical reagent]
noun:  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).
noun:  (Australia, firearms) Initialism of permit to acquire: a form lodged with the police to acquire a specific firearm; the authorisation subsequently acquired.
noun:  Abbreviation of peseta. [The former currency of the Spanish Empire and Andorra, divided into 100 céntimos.]

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