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blank check - 3 dictionary results

blank check

–noun
1. a bank check bearing a signature but no stated amount.
2. unrestricted authority; a free hand: He was given a blank check in the choice of personnel for the new department.

Origin:
1885–90
blank check  
n.  
  1. A signed check with no amount to be paid filled in.
  2. Total freedom of action; carte blanche.

blank check

Unrestricted authority, a free hand, as in I'll support most of the chairman's agenda, but I'm not ready to give him a blank check for the company's future. Literally this term signifies a bank check that is signed by the drawer but does not indicate the amount of money, which is filled in by the person to whom it is given. [Late 1800s]

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