Carte Blanche Definition

kärt bläɴsh, blänch, blănch
cartes-blanches
noun
Full authority.
Webster's New World
Unrestricted power to act at one's own discretion; unconditional authority.
Gave the contractor carte blanche to modernize the kitchen.
American Heritage
Freedom to do as one wishes.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
carte blanche
Plural:
cartes-blanches

Origin of Carte Blanche

  • Borrowing from French carte blanche, referring to a "blank card".

    From Wiktionary

  • French carte ticket blanche blank

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Carte Blanche Sentence Examples

  • You should never offer carte blanche to someone who just might take you up on it.

  • Since, in spite of this object-lesson, the Polish nobles still continued their offers, the peasants consulted the local Austrian authorities as to what course they should take; and the local authorities, unaccustomed to arriving at any decision without consulting Vienna, practically gave them carte blanche to do as they liked.

  • You have carte Blanche in the account of human lives.

  • But the Act does not offer carte Blanche for anyone who might now think bankruptcy is the easiest way out.

  • Each state's business Corporation Act gives business corporations carte Blanche to engage in any lawful business activity.

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CCACAR

Words Ending With

EHECHE

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