carte blanche /kärt ˈblänSH/ Learn to pronounce <https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-charter-us-revc&q=how+to+pronounce+carte+blanche&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOMIfcRozy3w8sc9YSmzSWtOXmM04OINKMrPK81LzkwsyczPE5LkYglJLcoVEpTi5-JNTiwqSVVIyknMS85ItWJRYkrN41nEKpeRX65Qkq9QANSYD9SZqoCiDgA94J97ZQAAAA&pron_lang=en&pron_country=us&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOzvW4k4_1AhXoRt8KHd03A4kQ3eEDegQIBBAJ> *noun* noun: *carte blanche* 1. complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best. "we were *given carte blanche*" Origin late 17th century: French, literally ‘blank paper’ (i.e. a blank sheet on which to write whatever one wishes, particularly one's own terms for an agreement). https://www.google.com/search?q=carte+blanche&oq=carte+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i433i512l2j0i512j46i175i199i512l2j0i512l3j0i271l3.3139j0j4&client=ms-android-charter-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8