Blank-cheque
noun
a signed cheque on which the amount payable has not been specified
complete freedom of action
Historical Examples
Hard Cash Charles Reade
Red Rose and Tiger Lily L. T. Meade
From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade Frederic C. Curry
A Dog with a Bad Name Talbot Baines Reed
The Search Party G. A. Birmingham
Weighed and Wanting George MacDonald
Heart and Science Wilkie Collins
By Birth a Lady George Manville Fenn
Amos Huntingdon T.P. Wilson
Lady Lilith Stephen McKenna
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