Carte Blanche Explained

Carte Blanche (French, literally 'blank/white card', but figuratively 'unlimited discretionary power to act') may refer to:

• Blank cheque, a cheque with no monetary value entered, figuratively an open-ended agreement

Arts and entertainment

Music

• French: {{ill|Carte Blanche (group)|fr|Carte Blanche (groupe)|lt=Carte Blanche, a musical project of Riton
• Carte Blanche (Rachid Taha album), 1997
• Carte Blanche (Phat Kat album), 2007
• Carte Blanche (DJ Snake album), 2019
• "Carte Blanche", a 1999 song by Veracocha
• "Carte Blanche", a song from the 1981 musical film Shock Treatment
• "Carte Blanche", a song by Oktobar 1864 from the 1987 album Oktobar 1864

Television

• Carte Blanche (TV series), a South African investigative journalism show
• "Carte Blanche", a 2003 episode of The Shield
• Yvette Carte-Blanche, a fictional character in Allo 'Allo!

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• Carte Blanche (Norwegian dance company), the Norwegian national company of contemporary dance
• Carte Blanche (novel), a 2011 James Bond novel by Jeffery Deaver
• Carte Blanche, a 1965 painting by René Magritte

Other uses

• Carte blanche (cards), a playing card hand with no courts
• Carte Blanche (champagne), by Louis Roederer
• Carte Blanche (credit card), by Diners Club International
• Carte Blanche (1955 NATO exercise)

See also

• Tabula rasa ('blank slate'), the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content
• Full Powers, the authority of a person to sign a treaty on behalf of a sovereign state.
• Carta blanca ('White card'), a Spanish TV programme
• Carta Blanca, a beer by Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery
• Champ Libre ('Free field'), a French publisher
• Blanche (disambiguation)
• Blank (disambiguation)
• Carte (disambiguation)
• Card (disambiguation)