blank check

noun

1
: a signed check with the amount unspecified
2
: complete freedom of action or control : carte blanche

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What To Know According to CNN, a suspect made off with several personal and sensitive items, including Noem's driver's license, prescription medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, blank checks and approximately $3,000 in cash. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025 Here's why The company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of completing a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025 Take Twenty One Capital, backed by Tether and SoftBank, which is merging with the blank check affiliate of the Lutnick family’s Cantor Fitzgerald at a $3.6 billion enterprise value. Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 Teams like the Yankees and Dodgers will be willing to write him a blank check if given the opportunity. Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for blank check

Word History

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of blank check was in 1793

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“Blank check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20check. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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