Meanings
plural blank checks · alternative Australia Canada Ireland New Zealand UK blank cheque
- USliteralA signed check of the type used to draw money from a bank account, containing no information as to the amount to be paid with it, so that any amount can be filled in.
- USfigurativelyA grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.
Nixon and Kissinger had established a blank check policy, giving the Shah a free hand to buy as many American weapons systems as he wanted, even the most technologically advanced, so long as they were not nuclear.
1992, Leon T. Hadar, Quagmire: America in the Middle East, page 55Synonyms: carte blanche
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic صَكّ عَلَى بَيَاضٍ, شَيْك عَلَى بَيَاضٍ
- صَكّ عَلَى بَيَاضٍ (ṣakk ʕalā bayāḍin)signed check
- شَيْك عَلَى بَيَاضٍ (šēk ʕalā bayāḍin)signed check
- صَكّ عَلَى بَيَاضٍ (ṣakk ʕalā bayāḍin)grant of complete authority
- شَيْك عَلَى بَيَاضٍ (šēk ʕalā bayāḍin)grant of complete authority
Bengali আলিহুকুম
- আলিহুকুম (alihukum)grant of complete authority
Catalan xec en blanc
- xec en blancsigned check
Chinese Mandarin 空白支票
- 空白支票 (kòngbái zhīpiào)signed check
Danish blankocheck, blankocheck
- blankochecksigned check
- blankocheckgrant of complete authority
- carte blanchegrant of complete authority
Finnish blankosekki, avoin shekki
- blankosekkisigned check
- avoin shekkigrant of complete authority
- avoin valtakirjagrant of complete authority
French chèque en blanc, chèque en blanc
- chèque en blancsigned check
- chèque en blancgrant of complete authority
- carte blanchegrant of complete authority
German Blankoscheck, Blankoscheck
- Blankoschecksigned check
- Blankoscheckgrant of complete authority
Italian assegno in bianco, carta bianca
- assegno in biancosigned check
- carta biancagrant of complete authority
Polish czek in blanco, wolna ręka
- czek in blancosigned check
- wolna rękagrant of complete authority
Portuguese cheque em branco, cheque em branco
- cheque em brancosigned check
- cheque em brancogrant of complete authority
Romanian cec în alb, cec în alb
- cec în albsigned check
- cec în albgrant of complete authority
Russian чек на предъяви́теля, незапо́лненный чек
- чек на предъяви́теля (ček na predʺjavítelja)signed check
- незапо́лненный чек (nezapólnennyj ček)signed check
- карт-бла́нш (kart-blánš)grant of complete authority
Spanish cheque en blanco, cheque en blanco
- cheque en blancosigned check
- cheque en blancogrant of complete authority
Turkish açık çek, açık çek
- açık çeksigned check
- açık çekgrant of complete authority
Cite this entry
blank check. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blank%20check
“blank check.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blank%20check. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blank check,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blank%20check.
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