Indeed, I later learned that when they had bought the place, in 1930, they had given my father's older sister Lina their checkbook, carte blanche, saying, Do what you want, get what you want.
If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right. They gave him carte blanche to make decisions. permission or freedom to do whatever you want
The British equivalent of a Diagramless puzzle The form is more varied in Britain, with clues often being presented without numbering or even in a random order
(French) A blank cheque signed by the giver, but left to be filled in by the receiver, with a sum of money drawn on the bank-account of the giver Power to act at discretion in an affair placed under your charge
Unlimited authoritygranted by one person to anotherto impose conditions which will be binding upon the person granting such authority
at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases