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blank cheque

blank cheque is the alternative form of blank check.

Meaning of blank check

Noun

blank check (plural blank checks)

  1. (US, literal) 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. (US, figuratively) A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.
    • Nixon and Kissinger had established a blank check policy, giving the Shah a free hand to buy as many American weapons systems as he wanted, even the most technologically advanced, so long as they were not nuclear.1992, Leon T. Hadar, Quagmire: America in the Middle East, page 55
    Synonyms:
    carte blanche

Forms of blank cheque

pluralblank cheques

Questions about blank cheque

What is blank cheque the alternative form of?
Blank cheque is the alternative form of blank check.

Words near blank cheque in the dictionary

  1. blank cartridges
  2. blank check
  3. blank check companies
  4. blank check company
  5. blank checks
  6. blank cheque
  7. blank cheques
  8. blank end
  9. blank ends
  10. blank leaf
  11. blank leaves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blank cheque (page history and authors); blank check (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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