carte blanche (redirected from cartes blanches)

carte blanche  (kärt bläsh, blänch, blnch)

n. pl. cartes blanches (kärt bläsh, kärts blänch, blnch)

Unrestricted power to act at one's own discretion; unconditional authority: gave the contractor carte blanche to modernize the kitchen.

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[French : carte, ticket + blanche, blank.]

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carte blanche [ˈkɑːt ˈblɑːntʃ (French) kart blɑ̃ʃ]

n pl cartes blanches [ˈkɑːts ˈblɑːntʃ (French) kart blɑ̃ʃ]

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) complete discretion or authority the government gave their negotiator carte blanche

2. (Group Games / Card Games) Cards a piquet hand containing no court cards: scoring ten points

[from French: blank paper]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

carte blanche - complete freedom or authority to act authority, potency, authorization, authorisation, say-so, dominance - the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"

Translations

carte blanche [ˌkɑːtˈblɑːntʃ] N → carta f blanca
to give sb carte blanche → dar carta blanca a algn

carte blanche [ˌkɑː^rtˈblɑːnʃ] n
to give sb carte blanche → donner carte blanche à qn
to give sb carte blanche to do sth → donner carter blanche à qn pour faire qch

carte blanche

n no pl → Blankovollmacht f; to give somebody carte blanche → jdm Carte blanche f (geh) → or eine Blankovollmacht geben

carte blanche [ˈkɑːtˈblɑːntʃ] n to give sb carte blanche → dare carta bianca a qn