"CTO" meaning in English

See CTO in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-us-CTO.oga [US]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} CTO (not comparable)
  1. (philately) Initialism of cancelled to order. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: cancelled to order Categories (topical): Philately
    Sense id: en-CTO-en-adj-qMj86Vto Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 37 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 36 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 38 2 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately

Noun

Audio: En-us-CTO.oga [US] Forms: CTOs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} CTO (plural CTOs)
  1. Initialism of chief technology officer or initialism of chief technical officer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: chief technology officer or initialism of chief technical officer
    Sense id: en-CTO-en-noun-tGuX7tPd Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  2. (finance) Initialism of confidential treatment order. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: confidential treatment order Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-CTO-en-noun-wv44-sEM Topics: business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: CCO, CEO, CFO, CIO, CSO

Inflected forms

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