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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  blank check
       n 1: freedom to do as you see fit; "many have doubts about giving
            him a free hand to attack" [syn: free hand]
       2: a check that has been signed but with the amount payable
          left blank [syn: blank cheque]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  blank check
     alt.
     1 (lb en US) 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.
     2 (lb en US) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited
  amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.
     n.
     1 (lb en US) 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.
     2 (lb en US) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited
  amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  blank check
     alt.
     1 (lb en US) 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.
     2 (lb en US) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited
  amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.
     n.
     1 (lb en US) 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.
     2 (lb en US) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited
  amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  blank check
     alt.
     1 (lb en US) 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.
     2 (lb en US) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited
  amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.
     n.
     1 (lb en US) 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.
     2 (lb en US) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited
  amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  blank check
     alt.
     1 (lb en US) 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.
     2 (lb en US) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited
  amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.
     n.
     1 (lb en US) 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.
     2 (lb en US) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited
  amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  blank check /blˈaŋk tʃˈɛk/
   [Am.] Blankoscheck 
     Synonym: blank cheque
  
   see: cheque, check, cheques, checks, foreign cheque, foreign check, cash cheque, cash check, pay cheque, pay packet, paycheck, payroll check, bearer cheque, bearer check, giro cheque, crossed cheque, crossed check, covered cheque, stale check, bounced cheque, rubber check, kite, inchoate cheque, inchoate check, memorandum cheque, memorandum check, kite
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  blank check /blˈaŋk tʃˈɛk/ 
  1. avoin shekki, avoin valtakirja
  grant of complete authority
  2. blankosekki
  signed check

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "blank check":
     CD, IOU, MO, acceptance, acceptance bill, ample scope,
     bank acceptance, bank check, bill, bill of draft, bill of exchange,
     carte blanche, certificate, certificate of deposit,
     certified check, check, checkbook, cheque, clearance,
     commercial paper, copyright, debenture, demand bill, demand draft,
     dispensation, draft, due bill, elbowroom, exchequer bill, favor,
     field, franchise, free course, free hand, free play, free scope,
     freedom, full authority, full power, full scope, full swing, grant,
     immunity, indulgence, latitude, leeway, letter of credit, liberty,
     license, long rope, maneuvering space, margin, money order,
     negotiable instrument, no holds barred, note, note of hand,
     open mandate, open space, paper, patent, play, postal order,
     privilege, promissory note, range, room, rope, scope, sea room,
     sight bill, sight draft, space, special favor, swing, time bill,
     time draft, tolerance, trade acceptance, treasury bill, voucher,
     warrant, way, wide berth
  
  

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