This week's theme: terms from French. carte blanche (kart blanch, kart blansh) noun
Unrestricted authority. [From French carte blanche (blank card or blank document).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=carte+blanche -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "Stewart says he has been given a clean slate and carte blanche by the ADT's board 'to do my thing'." Carolyn Collins; New ADT Direction Paying Off; The Australian (Sydney); Jun 30, 2000. Sponsors' Messages: 15% off (thru Dec 12-18) with Coupon Code: AWAD for all your holiday shopping at http://www.mentalfloss.com Derivation, a fascinating game about word and phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com or http://amazon.com/o/asin/b00005btb8/entspire-20 Give an awesome stocking stuffer: Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty! Friends and family adore its fun colors and adult-sized handfuls: http://puttyworld.com ............................................................................ Extreme justice is extreme injustice. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator, writer (106-43 BCE) Share the magic of words. Send a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/carte_blanche.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/carte_blanche.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/carte_blanche.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
