carte
1 Americannoun
plural
cartes-
(italics) menu; bill of fare.
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a playing card.
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Archaic. a map or chart.
noun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of carte
before 1150; Middle English, Old English: writing paper, document, letter < Latin charta < Greek chártēs sheet of papyrus
Example Sentences
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In these fast-moving, unpredictable times, Europe's leaders are increasingly turning to a la carte coalitions, alongside traditional organisations like Nato or the EU, which are larger and therefore often slower to react.
From BBC
One might argue that Fennell’s stunning images and the familiar emotions they convey are a happy accident, the result of millions of dollars and a director given carte blanche to play as she sees fit.
From Salon
The decades-old agreement, updated in 2004, already essentially gives Washington carte blanche to ramp up its troop deployments provided it informs the authorities in Denmark and Greenland in advance.
From Barron's
He has given the military carte blanche to manage the border conflict as it sees fit.
From BBC
"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.
From BBC
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