carte

¹

[kahrt, kart]

noun

plural

cartes 

1. (italics),  menu; bill of fare.

2. a playing card.

3. Archaic.,  a map or chart.

Carte

²

[kahrt]

noun

1. Richard d'Oyly D'Oyly Carte, Richard.

Carte

¹

/ kɑːt /

noun

1. See D'Oyly Carte

carte

²

/ kɑːt /

noun

1. a variant spelling of quarte

Word History and Origins

Origin of carte¹

before 1150; Middle English, Old English: writing paper, document, letter < Latin charta < Greek chártēs sheet of papyrus

Example Sentences

"The fact that staff are also personal account holders doesn't give the bank carte blanche to do what it wants," he told the newspaper, which first reported the story.

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Her solicitors, Leigh Day, had argued that a lack of insurance and "unspecified" concerns about staff safety do not provide universities carte blanche to restrict freedoms.

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Saban said she doesn't want the study "to be taken as giving people a carte blanche" to suggest that human activity does not present a significant and urgent threat to many species.

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Though the Supreme Court has upheld limits on the size of contributions, government doesn’t have carte blanche to stifle political donations.

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The San Francisco company now offers a la carte shopping—a departure from its traditional, stylist-curated subscription-box service—and gives customers more options on the number of items that are in a box, as examples.

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Related Words

• card 
• cuisine 
• food 
• table