[kahrt blanch, blahnch; Fr. kart blahnsh] 
[kahrts blanch, blahnch; Fr. kart blahnsh] . | 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. |
| carte blanche (kärt bläɴsh', blänch', blānch') n. pl. cartes blanches (kärt bläɴsh', kärts blänch', blānch') Unrestricted power to act at one's own discretion; unconditional authority: gave the contractor carte blanche to modernize the kitchen. [French : carte, ticket + blanche, blank.] |
