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carte blanche

[kahrt blanch, blahnch, kart blahnsh] / ˈkɑrt ˈblæntʃ, ˈblɑntʃ, kart ˈblɑ̃ʃ /
NOUN
complete authority
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blank check free rein latitude power of attorney
WEAK
authority franchise free hand freedom full authority full power grant leeway license no holds barred permission prerogative sanction say say-so unconditional authority unconditional right unrestricted authority warrant

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Carte-blanche, a blank paper with a signature to be filled up with such terms of an agreement as the holder is authorised to accept in name of the person whose signature it bears.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin