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Carte Blanche

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Noun

1. carte blanche

complete freedom or authority to act

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Carte Blanche

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nounWord forms: plural cartes blanches (ˈkɑːts ˈblɑːntʃ , French kart blɑ̃ʃ)
1. 
complete discretion or authority
the government gave their negotiator carte blanche
2. cards
a piquet hand containing no court cards: scoring ten points

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Carte Blanche

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Word forms: plural ˈcartesˈ blanches (ˈkɑrtˈblɑnʃ ; kärtˈ blänshˈ; Fr ˈkaʀt blɑ̃ʃ; kȧrt blänshˈ)
1. 
full authority
2. 
freedom to do as one wishes

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Carte Blanche

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n. pl. cartes blanches (kärt bläɴsh, kärts blänch, blănch)
Unrestricted power to act at one's own discretion; unconditional authority: gave the contractor carte blanche to modernize the kitchen.

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