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The meaning of CARTE BLANCHE is full discretionary power. How to use carte blanche in a sentence. Did you know?
Carte blanche definition: unconditional authority; full discretionary power. See examples of CARTE BLANCHE used in a sentence.
noun [ S or U ] uk / ˌkɑːt ˈblɑ̃ːʃ / us / ˌkɑːrt ˈblɑːnʃ / Add to word list. complete freedom to do something: give someone carte blanche Congress has effectively given the president carte blanche. carte blanche to The landlord has given her carte blanche to redecorate the living room.
When you have carte blanche, pronounced "cart blahnch," you're free to do whatever you want. It was originally adopted by English speakers to mean "blank paper," and grew to have its current meaning in the late 1700s.
carte blanche. noun [ S or U ] us / ˌkɑːrt ˈblɑːnʃ / uk / ˌkɑːt ˈblɑ̃ːʃ /. Add to word list. complete freedom to do something: give someone carte blanche Congress has effectively given the president carte blanche. carte blanche to The landlord has given her carte blanche to redecorate the living room.
carte blanche (to do something) the complete freedom or authority to do whatever you like. He was given carte blanche to say what he liked in the report. to have carte blanche
carte blanche. noun [ U ] uk / ˌkɑːtˈblɑːnʃ / us. Add to word list. complete freedom to do what you want: [ + to do sth ] She was given carte blanche to make whatever changes she wanted. (Definition of carte blanche from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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What's the origin of the phrase 'Carte blanche'? From the French, meaning ‘white (or blank) paper’ – the military term for surrender. The term was previously ‘charte blanche’.
Carte Blanche is the M-Net pay-channel's flagship magazine and actuality programme, broadcasting throughout southern Africa during prime-time viewing on Sunday evenings.
