| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| Pte | Private (military rank) |
| PTE | Presente (Spanish: by hand; hand delivery v. mailing ) |
| PTE | Poniente (Spanish: West) |
| PTE | Page Table Entry |
| PTE | Pearson Test of English Academic (English language readiness test) |
| PTE | Potential to Emit (environment) |
| PTE | Passenger Transport Executive |
| PTE | Prohibited Transaction Exemption (Department of Labor) |
| PTE | Pass-Through Entity (tax law) |
| PTE | Path Terminating Equipment |
| PTE | Periodic Table of Elements |
| PTE | Private Training Establishment |
| PTE | Portugese Escudo (old currency code; replaced by EUR) |
| PTE | Permission to Enter |
| PTE | Pretax Earnings |
| PTE | Potentially Traumatic Events |
| PTE | Permission to Enroll (education) |
| PTE | Part Time Equivalent |
| PTE | Public Trading Enterprise |
| PTE | Post Training Evaluation |
| PTE | Potential Threat Element (vulnerability assessment) |
| PTE | Precision Turbo & Engine |
| PTE | PT Enthusiasts (Chrylser PT Cruiser owners group) |
| PTE | Pulmonary Thrombo Embolism |
| PTE | Perusahaan Air Minum |
| PTE | Potentially Toxic Element |
| PTE | Pulmonary Thrombo Endarterectomy |
| PTE | Pre-Tender Estimate |
| PTE | Provisioning Technical Engineer |
| PTE | Programming Tools and Environments |
| PTE | Patch and Test Equipment |
| PTE | Prouhet-Tarry-Escott Problem |
| PTE | Point Target Ellipse |
| PTE | Paper Tape Equipment |
| PTE | PON Terminating Equipment |
| PTE | Personal Time & Expense |
| PTE | Pilot Tone Extraction |
| PTE | Pay Time & Expense (form) |
| PTE | Professional Technical Employee |
| PTE | Post-Training Exercise |
| PTE | Programa Educativo del Niño, Niña y Adolescente Trabajador (Guatemala) |
| PTE | proportion of treatment effect explained by surrogate endpoint (statistical validation of intermediate endpoints for chronic diseases) |
| PTE | Public Testing Environment (gaming) |
| PTE | Pollen Transfer Efficiency (botany) |
| PTE | Portable Test Equipment (various companies) |
| PTE | Pathways to Employment (various locations) |
| PTE | Prevention through Education (various locations) |
| PTE | Polskiego Towarzystwa Ekonomicznego (Polish: Polish Economic Society) |