All carte blanche synonyms

noun carte blanche

• latitude — Geography. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point. a place or region as marked by this distance.
• blank check — If someone is given a blank check, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
• free rein — unhampered freedom of movement, choice, or action: Students have free rein to choose their own class schedules.
• power of attorney — a written document given by one person or party to another authorizing the latter to act for the former.
• authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
• franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
• free hand — unrestricted freedom or authority: They gave the decorator a free hand.
• freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
• grant — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
• leeway — extra time, space, materials, or the like, within which to operate; margin: With ten minutes' leeway we can catch the train.
• license — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
• permission — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
• prerogative — an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
• sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
• say — assay.
• warrant — authorization, sanction, or justification.
• say-so — one's personal statement or assertion.
• no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.