Lexic.us

Definition of Rain check

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

2. Noun. A ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain.

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 (current term) 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. ..."

Other Resources: