Korean slang profile
BTO
bto
Build, transfer, and operate
An abbreviation for a method of transferring a completed facility to public ownership before the operator operates it for a period.
- Expanded form
- Build-Transfer-OperateBuild-Transfer-Operate
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Nov 1999
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
도로를 BTO 방식으로 추진한 과정을 살펴봤다.
I examined the process of pursuing the road project through BTO.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
Gyeonggi Province’s November 1999 지식행정 용어해설집 includes this abbreviation and its definition. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The November 1999 revised edition was compared on PDF page 304. The definition was checked. This is a general or specialist abbreviation of the time; it does not mean it originated or became popular that year. First use was not verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 지식행정 용어해설집 (경기도, 1999년 11월 수정판)Published Nov 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026