carte
1 Americannoun
plural
cartes-
(italics) menu; bill of fare.
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a playing card.
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Archaic. a map or chart.
noun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of carte
before 1150; Middle English, Old English: writing paper, document, letter < Latin charta < Greek chártēs sheet of papyrus
Example Sentences
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Experts say airlines started to really embrace the a la carte — or unbundled — pricing model when online travel-booking platforms came of age several years ago.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
He has more or less carte blanche to use the Danish territory for security purposes and simply stopped talking about it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Giving the government carte blanche to carry out the worst possible use cases of A.I. would clear up the issue quickly and reveal Anthropic’s moral value proposition to be a lie.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
One might argue that Fennell’s stunning images and the familiar emotions they convey are a happy accident, the result of millions of dollars and a director given carte blanche to play as she sees fit.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
He smiled mysteriously and pulled a much-handled carte de visite from his pocket.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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