rain check

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A reissue, at no extra charge, of a ticket for a baseball game or other outdoor event postponed or interrupted because of rain.
    — With trembling fingers he pulled out his watch. The hands pointed to five minutes to three. A blessed vision came to him of a moist and disappointed crowd receiving rain-checks up at the Polo Grounds.
  2. An agreement to honor a current offer after its normal expiration.; A promise or voucher from a merchant to a customer:; A (special) price guarantee for a sold-out item or temporarily unavailable service. figuratively
    — This means that if you go to the store for a half priced $25 turkey, but the turkeys are out, you can get a rain check. With the rain check, when those turkeys arrive again in a week or so, you will get half price, even if the sale is over.
  3. An agreement to honor a current offer after its normal expiration.; A promise or voucher from a merchant to a customer:; The promise to make good on any experience that the customer deems unsatisfactory. figuratively,uncommon
    — [Regarding visiting the Indianapolis, Indiana, chapter of the fraternity Kappa Sigma] […] if in any respect the affair does not suit you—call at the box office and you’ll get your money back or get a rain check, just as you please.
  4. An agreement to honor a current offer after its normal expiration.; In social interactions, a deferred invitation, or deferred acceptance of an invitation. broadly,figuratively
    — I can't go with you to the museum this Saturday, but can I take a rain check and go some other day?

词形变化

rain checks plural raincheck alternative rain-check alternative raincheque alternative rain cheque alternative rain-cheque alternative

词源

1877 US in baseball; metaphorical usage from 1896, more generally from 1930. From at least 1870, baseball teams would reissue tickets in case of postponement due to rain, which became known as rain checks.
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