Blank check

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. US
  2. 2
    a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank wordnet
  3. 3
    A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint. US, figuratively

    "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."

  4. 4
    freedom to do as you see fit wordnet

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