Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Initialism of Ministry of Transport (a former name of the Department for Transport) still in use relating to the MOT test it made compulsory in 1961, and three grades of aggregate it specified for road, path and sports court subbase layers.
To subject a motor vehicle to an MOT test.
An MOT test (an annual test of roadworthiness for most UK motor vehicles over three years old, or four years old in Northern Ireland). · Any regular checkup. · An aggregate which meets one of the three Ministry of Transport standards for use in road, path and sports court subbase layers. · Initialism of management of technology.
(roadworthiness test, aggregate grades): See Proper noun.
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