carte blanchecarte blanche /ˌkɑːt ˈblɑːnʃ $ ˌkɑːrt-/ noun [uncountable] 
The new manager will be given carte blanche as long as she can increase the company’s profits. She had carte blanche to produce a film suitable for children.
WORD ORIGINcarte blanche
Origin:
1700-1800 French ‘white card, document with no writing’Longman Language Activatorto let someone do whatever they want
· The children at the school are given complete freedom to study whatever subjects they want.· The major argument for capitalism is that it gives people freedom to make their own choices about what they do.
if someone who employs you gives you free rein to plan, make, or operate something, they let you decide what to do and how to do it: · We're giving the medical center a free hand as to how it spends the money.· The new chairman has been given a completely free hand to make whatever changes he thinks necessary.
if someone in authority gives someone carte blanche , they give them complete power over what is done and how it is done - use this especially when you do not approve of the power they are given or the decisions they make: · The General seems to have been given carte blanche to attack whatever civilian targets he wants.· The Supreme Court's decision practically gives the police carte blanche to order everyone out when they stop a car.
British /give somebody a blank check American to let someone have as much money as they need to do something - use this especially about government or business activity: · It no longer makes sense to give the Pentagon a blank check when funding for domestic programs is being reduced.· We cannot let our democracy become a matter of simply giving a bunch of politicians a blank cheque to govern us every five years.
to allow someone to stay in or use a place and do what they want there: · Gary and Kaye were often out at work till late evening, but gave us the run of the house.· He was given the run of Shaw's library while writing his biography.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The new manager will be given carte blanche as long as she can increase the company’s profits. She had carte blanche to produce a film suitable for children.
permission or freedom to do whatever you want: The new manager will be given carte blanche as long as she can increase the company’s profits. She had carte blanche to produce a film suitable for children. The new manager will be given carte blanche as long as she can increase the company’s profits. She had carte blanche to produce a film suitable for children.