blank cheque blank cheques in AM, use blank check1. If someone is given a blank cheque, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want. We are not prepared to write a blank cheque for companies that have run into trouble
If someone is given a blank cheque, they are given the authority to do what they think is best in a particular situation. He was, in a sense, given a blank cheque to negotiate the new South Africa. = carte blanche
blank check: a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank
A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint
Nixon and Kissinger had established a blank check policy, giving the Shah a free hand to buy as many American weapons systems as he wanted, even the most technologically advanced, so long as they were not nuclear.
[ 'bla[ng]k ] (adjective.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French blanc colorless, white, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German blanch white; probably akin to Latin flagrare to burn; more at BLACK.