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plural cartes blanches ˈkärt(s)-ˈblänch How to pronounce carte blanche (audio) -ˈbläⁿsh How to pronounce carte blanche (audio)
: full discretionary (see discretion sense 1a) power
was given carte blanche to furnish the house

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Carte blanche is much like a blank check. In French, carte means "document" and blanche means "blank," so the phrase means "blank document." English retained that literal meaning: a carte blanche was a blank document signed in advance by one party and given to the other with permission to fill in conditions later. Much like blank check, carte blanche also took on the extended meaning "complete freedom."

Example Sentences

We gave the decorator carte blanche to furnish the house.
Recent Examples on the Web Opponents say lawmakers don't have carte blanche over redistricting. Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2022 Such a position would give carte blanche to question or disobey anything and everything that is unpleasant, the theory goes. Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 25 July 2022 In reality this would allow Biden to continue the pre-2015 protocol of planning for where U.S. exports are actually needed based on national priorities instead of giving companies carte blanche to flood the world with gas as prices climb at home. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 22 Apr. 2022 The ambiguity of those terms provides carte blanche to creative plaintiffs willing to stretch the definitions of the English language, according to Jeff Kosseff, a law professor at the US Naval Academy. Brian Fung, CNN, 13 May 2022 The details sketch out one of the best contractual situations in the history of cable news: big money, flexibility and carte blanche to do something other than respond to the news cycle. Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022 In the meantime, the country was put on high alert: President François Hollande declared war on Daesh (ISIS), and police were given carte blanche to bring the terrorists to justice. Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 May 2022 Pyongyang’s carte blanche Even before the invasion, North Korea had shown signs of ramping up its nuclear ambitions. Paula Hancocks, CNN, 8 May 2022 Pressing Congress to adjust the budget bill would not lead to carte blanche approval of mitochondrial replacement technologies. Walter G. Johnson And Diana M. Bowman, STAT, 24 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, blank document

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of carte blanche was in 1751

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