carte : Idioms & Phrases

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a la carte

  • noun a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices
  • adjective (of a restaurant meal) having unlimited choices with a separate price for each item
  • adverb by ordering items listed individually on a menu
    • we ate a la carte
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carte blanche

  • noun complete freedom or authority to act
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Carte` blanche"
Etymology
F., fr. OF. carte paper + -blanc, blanche, white. See 1st Card.
Definitions
  1. A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.
Webster 1913

carte de visite

Carte" de vi*site`
Etymology
F.
Wordforms
plural Cartes de visite
Definitions
  1. A visiting card.
  2. A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.
Webster 1913

carte du jour

  • noun a list of dishes available at a restaurant
    bill of fare; menu; carte; card.
    • the menu was in French
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d'oyly carte

  • noun English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)
    D'Oyly Carte.
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richard d'oyly carte

  • noun English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)
    D'Oyly Carte.
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