Definition of Rain check

1. Noun. A promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future.

Generic synonyms: Promise

2. Noun. A ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain.
Generic synonyms: Stub, Ticket Stub

Definition of Rain check

1. Noun. (idiomatic) Any voucher or note from a merchant to a customer to provide an item the merchant has run out of at a later date for the item's current price, or (in a more literal sense) to provide a service at a later date. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic) In social interactions, a polite way to turn down an invitation, with the implication one is simply postponing it and that another time would be acceptable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rain Check

railwaymen
railways
railworks
railyard
railyards
raim
raiment
raimentless
raiments
rain
rain-soaked
rain-wash
rain barrel
rain buckets
rain cats and dogs
rain check
rain checks
rain cheque
rain cheques
rain cloud
rain clouds
rain collar
rain crow
rain crows
rain dance
rain date
rain day
rain delay
rain delays
rain dogs and cats

Literary usage of Rain check

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"... I'd pretty much taken a rain check. And now Finn was pretty much informing me the check was due. Now, after months of ignoring the language of the ..."

2. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
""Bam, band," said Rollo, who was beginning to wish that he had a rain-check and could come back and see the remaining innings some other day. "Ba-aa-an! ..."

3. Modern American Plays by George Pierce Baker (1920)
"If ever I go to Heaven and that old Jew isn't there I'll ask for a rain check. BURRILL. [Lights cigarette.] I understand they receive Jews. CLAYTON. Heaven? ..."

4. The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion by Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1893)
"... the leaves : no one dictates unto thee, neither can ordered host, nor hand of warrior, nor blue blade, nor flood, nor rain check thee . ..."

5. Romantic Weekends the Carolinas & the Georgia Coast by Norman Renouf, Kathy Renouf (1999)
"Don't be concerned if it rains; your ticket becomes a "rain check" exchangeable for another performance in the same year or in subsequent years. ..."

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