White card

The carte blanche (from the French carte blanche) is a term that has two meanings, one literal, which is that of &# 34;blank sheet", or "blank check", and another metaphorical, which is to give total freedom to a person or group of people to act.

Carte blanche is the letter, order or commission office that does not limit the powers of the person who is authorized with it or in which the name of the person who has been granted is omitted so that it can be filled out as appropriate and also on demand of indefinite or unlimited credit, so that the bearer can take what he likes.

Metaphorical meaning

In its metaphorical sense it is commonly used in the following grammatical construction: "give carte blanche to [subject]"; and it means that the person or group of people has received permission to act with total freedom, resorting to any resource, in the performance of functions or the performance of any activity, with or without a defined objective. Its connotation is usually, although not always, negative, since it is presumed that those actions that are carried out with carte blanche and could not be carried out without it, fail to comply with ethical codes or other types of social conventions.

• Example 1: "The state got a white letter from the congress to combat terrorism."
• Example 2: "The army received a white letter to prevent such information from reaching the press."
• Example 3"The boss gave me a white letter to restructure the office."