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- Dictionarycarte blanche/kɑːt ˈblɑːnʃ/
noun
- 1. complete freedom to act as one wishes: "the architect given carte blanche to design the store"
- 2. (in piquet) a hand containing no court cards as dealt.
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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.
The meaning of CARTE BLANCHE is full discretionary power. How to use carte blanche in a sentence. Did you know?
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.
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.
If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right.
Carte blanche definition: unconditional authority; full discretionary power. See examples of CARTE BLANCHE used in a sentence.
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)
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
noun. complete discretion or authority. the government gave their negotiator carte blanche. cards a piquet hand containing no court cards: scoring ten points.
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) complete discretion or authority: the government gave their negotiator carte blanche. 2. (Card Games) cards a piquet hand containing no court cards: scoring ten points. [C18: from French: blank paper]
