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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Carte Blanche

(French). A blank cheque signed by the giver, but left to be filled in by the receiver, with a sum of money drawn on the bank-account of the giver. Power to act at discretion in an affair placed under your charge.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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