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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 the sale price.

3. A promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future: declined the invitation to dinner, but asked for a rain check.

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rain check

n

1. (General Sporting Terms) US and Canadian a ticket stub for a baseball or other game that allows readmission on a future date if the event is cancelled because of rain

2. the deferral of acceptance of an offer, esp, a voucher issued to a customer wishing to purchase a sale item that is temporarily out of stock, enabling him to buy it at the special price when next the item is available

take a rain check Informal to accept the postponement of an offer

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rain check - a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future promise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
	2.	rain check - a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain ticket stub, stub - a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt