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Carte blanche   /kɑrt blæntʃ/   Listen
Carte blanche

noun
1.
Complete freedom or authority to act.





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... interpretation of the compensation clause of the Treaty, upon Italy's territorial demands and Austria's demurrers. Thus from first to last the issues raised were of a diplomatic order, and if German statesmen had received carte blanche to settle them, it is not improbable that a compromise would have been effected which would have left the Italian Government no choice but to persevere ...
— England and Germany • Emile Joseph Dillon


Words linked to "Carte blanche" :   authority, potency, dominance, authorization, say-so, authorisation


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