"ATO" meaning in English

See ATO in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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  1. (Australia) Initialism of Australian Taxation Office. Tags: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Australian Taxation Office
    Sense id: en-ATO-en-name-XxoelbGY Categories (other): Australian English, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 14 3 5 15 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 22 14 4 4 14 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 25 14 3 2 13 6

Noun

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  1. (aviation) Acronym of assisted take-off. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: assisted take-off Coordinate_terms: CATO, CATOBAR, JATO, RATO, ZELL, ZLL, ZLTO, ATC, PTC
    Sense id: en-ATO-en-noun-apQ3RphQ Categories (other): Aviation, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 14 3 5 15 6 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (rail transport) Initialism of automatic train operation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: automatic train operation
    Sense id: en-ATO-en-noun-9L4G0VZ1 Categories (other): Rail transportation, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 14 3 5 15 6 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  3. (military) Acronym of ammunition technical officer. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: ammunition technical officer
    Sense id: en-ATO-en-noun-wUkyTxSw Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  4. (military, Ukraine) Acronym of anti-terrorist operation. Tags: Ukraine, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: anti-terrorist operation
    Sense id: en-ATO-en-noun-Gd4Rde7I Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  5. (astronautics) Acronym of abort to orbit. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: abort to orbit
    Sense id: en-ATO-en-noun-sA4-YJNL Categories (other): Astronautics, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 26 14 3 5 15 6 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  6. (computer security, finance) Initialism of account take over. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: account take over
    Sense id: en-ATO-en-noun-Y0jc1jNZ Categories (other): Computer security, Finance Topics: business, finance

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      ],
      "qualifier": "computer security",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computer security, finance) Initialism of account take over."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "EN-AU ck1 ATO.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/EN-AU_ck1_ATO.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_ATO.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/EN-AU_ck1_ATO.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ATO"
  ],
  "word": "ATO"
}

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