"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
    Sense id: en-CTO-en-adj-qMj86Vto Categories (other): Philately, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 36 4 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 39 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 39 3 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 chief technical officer. Wikidata QID: Q5287861 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: chief technology officer or chief technical officer Related terms: CCO, CEO, CFO, CIO, CSO
    Sense id: en-CTO-en-noun-en:Q5287861
  2. (finance) Initialism of confidential treatment order. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: confidential treatment order
    Sense id: en-CTO-en-noun-wv44-sEM Categories (other): Finance Topics: business, finance
  3. (cardiology) Initialism of chronic total occlusion. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: chronic total occlusion
    Sense id: en-CTO-en-noun-SPuPpYh9 Categories (other): Cardiology Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences

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