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
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"Instead of silencing residents and handing mayors a blank cheque, the government should be empowering local councils with the resources to deliver genuinely affordable homes alongside the infrastructure to support them," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Kenyans were rightly concerned about whether this agreement was basically a blank cheque to American companies... to freely experiment or engage in Kenya without the normal public health guardrails," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
"Obtaining a residence permit in the European Union is not a blank cheque," Magnus Brunner, the Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, told the European Parliament as Spain's initiative was being discussed.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
Veterans were warned the government would be unable to "write a blank cheque".
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023
W. called upon me today. p. 21I wish you would send me a blank cheque in a letter so that if I want money I may be able to draw for a little.
From Letters to his mother, Ann Borrow and Other Correspondents by Thomas James Wise
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