raincheck

raincheck
raincheck also rain check, 1884; see RAIN (Cf. rain) + CHECK (Cf. check) (n.). Originally of tickets to rained-out baseball games.

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  • raincheck — /ˈreɪntʃɛk/ (say raynchek) noun 1. US a ticket for future use given to spectators at a baseball game, sports meeting, etc., which has been stopped by rain. 2. an undertaking by a retailer to supply a customer with a product currently out of stock …  

  • raincheck — rainˈcheck noun (US) A ticket for future use given to spectators when a game or a sports meeting is cancelled or stopped because of bad weather (take a raincheck (on) (informal; orig US) to promise to accept an invitation (for) at a later date) • …   Useful english dictionary

  • raincheck — rain check n. 1. A ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event is canceled because of rain. 2. An assurance to a customer that an item on sale that is sold out or out of stock may be purchased later at… …   Universalium

  • raincheck — postponement; ticket which can be used at another time in the event of a postponement; invitation for another time …   English contemporary dictionary

  • raincheck — дождевой билет для клиентов гольф клуба или теннисного корта …   English-Russian travelling dictionary

  • take a raincheck — If you take a rain check, you decline an offer now, suggesting you will accept it later. ( Raincheck is also used.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • take a raincheck — vb to accept a postponement, put some thing off to a future date. An American ism which entered international English in the mid 1970s. The raincheck in question was originally a ticket stub entitling the holder to entry to a ball game at some… …   Contemporary slang

  • take a raincheck —    If you take a rain check, you decline an offer now, suggesting you will accept it later. ( Raincheck is also used.)   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • take a raincheck — ( ● rain …   Useful english dictionary

  • take a raincheck — (Slang) postpone …   English contemporary dictionary

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