Carte blanche

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Carte blanche (French for blank or white card) or its Spanish language variant, carta blanca, may refer to:

• Blank cheque, a cheque that has no numerical value entered, but is already signed
• Full Powers, the authority of a person to sign a treaty or convention on behalf of a sovereign state
• A NATO exercise in 1955 that shocked observers by the projection of casualties from nuclear weapons in the allied Federal Republic of Germany

Carte Blanche may also refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Artwork

• Carte Blanche, a 1965 painting by René Magritte

Dance

• Carte Blanche (Norwegian dance company), the Norwegian national company of contemporary dance, based in Bergen, Norway

Fictional entities

• Yvette Carte-Blanche, a fictional character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!

Games

• Carte Blanche: First Episode - For a Fistful of Teeth, a 2006 PC videogame released by Absurdus

Literature

• Carte Blanche (novel), a 2011 James Bond novel by Jeffery Deaver
• Carte Blanche, a novel by Marcos Arnold

Music

Groups

• Carte Blanche (group), a French electronic music group with DJ Mehdi and Riton

Albums

• Carte Blanche (Rachid Taha album), 1997
• Carte Blanche (Phat Kat album), 2007

Songs

• "Carte Blanche", a 1999 trance song by Veracocha
• "Carte Blanche", a song from Shock Treatment (1981), the follow-up film to The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Television

• Carte Blanche (TV series), an investigative journalism show produced by Combined Artists and aired on M-Net
• "Carte Blanche", an episode from the FX TV show, The Shield

Beverages

• Carta Blanca, a Mexican beer
• Carte Blanche, a beverage by the Louis Roederer champagne producer

Credit cards

• Carte Blanche (credit card) travel and entertainment card, part of the Diners Club charge card portfolio