Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context AU NZ British English) (alternative form of blank check nodot=1 English) (qualifier: signed cheque containing no information as to the amount to be paid with it). 2 (context AU NZ British English) (alternative form of blank check nodot=1 English) (qualifier: grant of complete authority)
WordNet
n. a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank [syn: blank check]
Wikipedia
A blank cheque or carte blanche (US: blank check), in the literal sense, is a cheque that has no numerical value written in, but is already signed. In the figurative or metaphoric sense, it is used (especially in politics) to describe a situation in which an agreement has been made that is open-ended or vague, and therefore subject to abuse, or in which a party is willing to consider any expense in the pursuance of their goals.
Blank cheque is a cheque with no numerical value filled in.
Blank cheque or blank check may also refer to:
- Blank Check (film), a 1994 film originally released as Blank Cheque in the United Kingdom.
- Blank Check (game show), the short-lived 1970s American game show
Usage examples of "blank cheque".
Presently he'll grant you 'most anything you ask, and far more than I could do, as a sorta blank cheque against any risks you may run of meeting trouble later.
It taught me that creative compromise is more challenging than the blank cheque-book.
They don't offer anyone a blank cheque unless they're under a lot of pressure.
And when she came in, he wanted her arms to be full of parcels purchased with the money he had given her for clothes - she had her own money, enough for Liberty's and all the expensive clothes she wanted, but he had given her the gift of a blank cheque as a declaration.