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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"National security is not a blank cheque to proceed with otherwise unlawful activity," the judge wrote.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
"It's there so that the government cannot just write a blank cheque," said Las Olsen, chief economist at Danske Bank.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2023
"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
Do things comfortably, and I will give you a blank cheque for the books.
From A Dog with a Bad Name by Reed, Talbot Baines
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