blank cheque
Britishnoun
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a signed cheque on which the amount payable has not been specified
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complete freedom of action
Example Sentences
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For almost as long as the UN has discussed climate change, developed nations worried about signing a blank cheque for climate impacts.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2022
"We reversed the blank cheque policy we inherited," he wrote in a Washington Post column recently.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2022
"Over the last couple of years, everybody felt like they have a blank cheque ... in part because rates were so low. Now that interest rates are rising, it gets a bit trickier."
From Reuters • May 17, 2022
They are also known as "blank cheque companies".
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2021
I enclose a blank cheque, which I have managed to procure from your bankers.
From Amos Huntingdon by Wilson, Theodore P.
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