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BTO

BTO is the initialism of built to order.

BTO is the initialism of build-to-order.

Meaning of build-to-order

Adjective

build-to-order (not comparable)

  1. (Singapore) Of or relating to a public housing system whereby flats are built according to demand.
    • The installation of smart shower systems in 10,000 new Build-To-Order (BTO) Housing Board flats will begin early next year, national water agency PUB said yesterday.2007, Jose Hong, The Straits Times (Singapore), Smart showers to be fitted in 10,000 BTO flats from next year, 10 Oct (online).
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: build-to-order.; custom built

Noun

BTO (plural BTOs)

  1. (Singapore) A build-to-order flat.

Verb

BTO (third-person singular simple present BTOs, present participle BTOing, simple past and past participle BTOed)

  1. (Singapore, intransitive) To make an application for a build-to-order flat.

Synonyms of BTO

Forms of BTO

Noun
pluralBTOs
Verb
third-person singular presentBTOs
present participleBTOing
past participleBTOed
pastBTOed

Phrases with BTO

Questions about BTO

What does BTO mean?
BTO means a build-to-order flat.
What is BTO the initialism of?
BTO is the initialism of built to order.
What part of speech is BTO?
BTO can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of BTO?
The plural of BTO is BTOs.

Words near BTO in the dictionary

  1. btm
  2. BTMM
  3. BTMs
  4. btn
  5. BTNP
  6. BTO
  7. BTO flat
  8. BTO flats
  9. BTOed
  10. BTOing
  11. BTOs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: BTO (page history and authors); build-to-order (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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