Synonym: blank check. Similar words: bank check, cheque, exchequer, blank, blanket, blankly, wet blanket, point-blank. Meaning: n. a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank.
1 We are not prepared to write a blank cheque for companies that have run into trouble.
2 The architect was given / presented with a blank cheque to design a new city centre.
3 He was, in a sense, given a blank cheque to negotiate the new South Africa.
4 There will be no blank cheque for missile defence.
5 And here ... sign this blank cheque for what you owe.
6 He was effectively granted a blank cheque to conduct a war without Congressional authorization for up to 90 days.
7 Give me a blank cheque!
8 And only the blank cheque is approved according to the regulation of the negotiable instruments law(sentencedict.com/blank cheque.html), it does not involve blank draft and cashiers cheque.
9 The architect was given with a blank cheque to design a new city center.
10 The manager gave her blank cheque to reorganize the department in any way she thought fit.
11 Many CEOs want to get a blank cheque from the board to lead the company.
12 We cannot let our democracy become a matter of simply giving a bunch of politicians a blank cheque to govern us every five years.
More similar words: bank check, cheque, exchequer, blank, blanket, blankly, wet blanket, point-blank, draw a blank, blanched, carte blanche, bank card, crankcase, pop the question, out of the question, bland, lank, blandly, blanch, lanky, flank, plank, blandness, semblance, sri lanka, clanking, plankton, planking, blancmange, gangplank.