carte blanche

carte blanche
/kahrt" blanch", blahnch"/; Fr. /kannrddt blahonnsh"/, pl. cartes blanches /kahrts" blanch", blahnch"/; Fr. /kannrddt blahonnsh"/.
1. unconditional authority; full discretionary power.
2. a sheet of paper that is blank except for a signature and given by the signer to another person to write in what he or she pleases.
3. Cards. a hand having no face card but with a special scoring value, as in piquet.
[1645-55; < F: lit., blank document; see CARTE, BLANK]

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