- unconditional authority; full discretionary power: It appears that the government has given the military carte blanche.She was given carte blanche to decorate her room as she wished, perhaps an unwise decision by her parents.
- a sheet of paper that is blank except for a signature and given by the signer to another person to write in what they please.
- a hand having no face card but with a special scoring value, as in piquet.
- complete discretion or authority
- a piquet hand containing no court cards: scoring ten points
