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Definition of carte blanche noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

carte blanche

noun
 
/ˌkɑːt ˈblɑːnʃ/
 
/ˌkɑːrt ˈblɑːnʃ/
[uncountable] (from French)
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  1. 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
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: French, literally ‘blank paper’ (i.e. a blank sheet on which to write whatever one wishes, particularly one's own terms for an agreement).
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