carte blanche

Etymology
Borrowed from, referring to a blank or white card.

Noun

 * 1) Unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority.
 * 2) * 2001,, , (2001), 15,
 * Indeed, I later learned that when they had bought the place, in 1930, they had given my father's older sister Lina their checkbook, carte blanche, saying, "Do what you want, get what you want.
 * 1) A blank paper that is signed by some authority and given to a person to fill as they please.
 * Indeed, I later learned that when they had bought the place, in 1930, they had given my father's older sister Lina their checkbook, carte blanche, saying, "Do what you want, get what you want.
 * 1) A blank paper that is signed by some authority and given to a person to fill as they please.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَفْوِيض مُطْلَق, ضَوْء أَخْضَر
 * Bengali: আলিহুকুম
 * Catalan: carta blanca
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 全權委託
 * Danish: carte blanche
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: avoin valtakirja,
 * French:
 * German:, freie Hand,
 * Italian: carta bianca
 * Japanese: 白紙委任, 白紙委任状
 * Persian: کارت بلانش, کارت بلانش
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: carta blanca
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: карт-бла́нш

Adverb

 * 1) As an undifferentiated mass, without regard to distinctions; willy-nilly.

Noun

 * 1)  unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority

Etymology
, attested since 1666.

Noun

 * 1)  unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority
 * 2)  blank check
 * 1)  blank check