carte blanchen.

/kɑːt blɑːnʃ//kɑːt blɒnʃ/

Forms: Also 1700s chart blanch, charte blanche.

Etymology: French (formerly charte blanche): = blank paper.

a. A blank paper given to any one on which to write his own conditions.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > document recording terms

truce1502

blank chart1707

carte blanche1707

1707 Ld. Raby in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 43 Who sent Chart Blanch to make a Peace.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 299. ¶2 I threw her a Charte Blanche, as our News Papers call it, desiring her to write upon it her own Terms.

1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) II. iii. ii. 154 Louis..returned a carte blanche which was filled up with the government of Guienne and a long list of inferior posts and emoluments.

b. literal. Blank paper.

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1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 231 I cannot conceive how any man can..consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases.

2. figurative. Full discretionary power granted.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > unrestricted permission

carte blanche1766

blank cheque1886

pass1919

1766 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 1 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2752 Mr. Pitt, who had carte blanche given him, named every one of them.

1809 W. Windham Let. in Speeches Parl. (1812) I. 114 Unless I can have carte blanche as to my military plans.

1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 185 I may venture to assume carte blanche in arguing the impossibility of basilican revival.

1879 London Society Christmas No. 47/1 Our good easy vicar gave me carte blanche to use this organ.

3. Piquet. A hand containing no picture-cards. (The French is avoir cartes blanches to have blank cards; the earlier English was blank or blanche.)

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > piquet > [noun] > hand

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carte blanche1820

1651 Royal Game Picquet 6 If he..find that he hath never a Coat Card in his hand, he saies..I have a Blanche.

1659 H. Neville Shufling, Cutting, & Dealing 7 I am blanck.

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester vi. 88 [Picket] He that hath a Blank, his Blank shall hinder the other Picy and Repicy.]

1820 Hoyle's Games Improved 112 Carte Blanche, means a hand without a court card in the twelve dealt, which counts for ten.

1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 200.

1882 Laws of Piquet Law xviii Carte blanche..scores first, and consequently saves a pique or a repique.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	carte blanche
释义	carte blanchen. /kɑːt blɑːnʃ//kɑːt blɒnʃ/ Forms: Also 1700s chart blanch, charte blanche. Etymology: French (formerly charte blanche): = blank paper. 1. a. A blank paper given to any one on which to write his own conditions. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > document recording terms truce1502 blank chart1707 carte blanche1707 1707 Ld. Raby in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 43 Who sent Chart Blanch to make a Peace. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 299. ¶2 I threw her a Charte Blanche, as our News Papers call it, desiring her to write upon it her own Terms. 1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) II. iii. ii. 154 Louis..returned a carte blanche which was filled up with the government of Guienne and a long list of inferior posts and emoluments. b. literal. Blank paper. ΚΠ 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 231 I cannot conceive how any man can..consider his country as nothing but carte blanche, upon which he may scribble whatever he pleases. View more context for this quotation 2. figurative. Full discretionary power granted. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > unrestricted permission carte blanche1766 blank cheque1886 pass1919 1766 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 1 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2752 Mr. Pitt, who had carte blanche given him, named every one of them. 1809 W. Windham Let. in Speeches Parl. (1812) I. 114 Unless I can have carte blanche as to my military plans. 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 185 I may venture to assume carte blanche in arguing the impossibility of basilican revival. 1879 London Society Christmas No. 47/1 Our good easy vicar gave me carte blanche to use this organ. 3. Piquet. A hand containing no picture-cards. (The French is avoir cartes blanches to have blank cards; the earlier English was blank or blanche.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > piquet > [noun] > hand show1744 carte blanche1820 1651 Royal Game Picquet 6 If he..find that he hath never a Coat Card in his hand, he saies..I have a Blanche. 1659 H. Neville Shufling, Cutting, & Dealing 7 I am blanck. 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester vi. 88 [Picket] He that hath a Blank, his Blank shall hinder the other Picy and Repicy.] 1820 Hoyle's Games Improved 112 Carte Blanche, means a hand without a court card in the twelve dealt, which counts for ten. 1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 200. 1882 Laws of Piquet Law xviii Carte blanche..scores first, and consequently saves a pique or a repique. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1707
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