rain check

noun

1
: a ticket stub good for a later performance when the scheduled one is rained out
2
: an assurance of a deferred extension of an offer
especially : a document assuring that a customer can take advantage of a sale later if the item or service offered is not available (as by being sold out)

Examples of rain check in a Sentence

The store offered rain checks when the sale items had all sold.
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Jose Cuervo: If rain puts a damper on your Labor Day weekend party, the tequila brand might give you a $50 rain check. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Aug. 2024 Prepare to call a rain check on any pending invitations or group gatherings. Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2024 The park does not offer Sunshine Passes (rain checks) or refunds under these circumstances. Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 9 May 2024 Unable to travel due to personal reasons, and preferring to engage with workshop participants in a more direct way, the filmmaker will take a rain check, promising to return, in person, for a subsequent edition. Ben Croll, Variety, 25 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for rain check 

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of rain check was in 1884

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Cite this Entry

“Rain check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rain%20check. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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