📚 noun • entry_id 42413
blank check
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cheque en blanco
A 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.
cheque en blanco
A 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,…
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