Noun
PTA (plural PTAs)
Initialism of parent-teacher association.
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).
(Australia, firearms) Initialism of permit to acquire: a form lodged with the police to aquire a specific firearm; the authorisation subsequently acquired.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgStudio 54 made Halloween in Hollywood look like a PTA meeting. Lorna Luft
My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended. Vernon Jordan
Do you want to be an artist and a writer, or a wife and a lover? With kids, your focus changes. I don't want to go to PTA meetings. Stevie Nicks
I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London. Arabella Weir
Modern women - we're very good at keeping ourselves busy. There are PTA meetings, exercising, bake sales at school. I like that my life is not the same every day. Cindy Crawford
I never exert pressure on my children: I encourage the children, Katija and Rahima, to pursue their dreams. Rahima is embarrassed by autograph-seekers and doesn't want me to visit her school. In fact, I have never attended a single PTA meeting or gone to pick up the report cards of my children. A. R. Rahman