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carte blanche

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Definition

Free to act and decide as you see fit.

Context : Business
Category: Loan Word
Semantic: freedom, unhindered

This is a French loan word meaning "blank paper." The idiom is used interchangeably with the expression "blank check".

Usage of “carte blanche”

  1. The manager said, "I'm giving my team lead carte blanch on this project."

Examples of idiom “carte blanche” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'Jasoncoughlan'
    Jasoncoughlan:

    As long as you pit a smiley face at the end of a sentence you technicaly have carte blanche:@) stay tuned!!

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'FashionVictoria'
    FashionVictoria:

    I just gave my kid carte blanche in Zumies w/my Discover card for a well earned shopping spree. He bought me a pretzel and told me he lo ...

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'ArtdecoMakeup'
    ArtdecoMakeup:

    @DOI2010 We don't have carte blanche to redistribute them. If you ID some we can find out. Artdeco