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語源

1877 US in baseball;^[1] metaphorical usage from 1896, more generally from 1930.^[2] 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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名詞

rain check (複数形 rain checks)

1. (originally) A reissue, at no extra charge, of a ticket for a baseball game or other outdoor event postponed or interrupted because of rain.
   • 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:^[1]

     The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay. In Chicago and other cities, after the first inning is interrupted by rain the spectators are supposed to have received their money’s worth. In St. Louis ‘rain checks’ are issued in such cases.

2. (figurative) An agreement to honor a current offer after its normal expiration.
   1. (idiomatic) A voucher or other promise from a merchant to a customer:
      2. to provide a sold-out item or temporarily unavailable service at a later date for the running (usually special) price.
      3. (less commonly) to make good on any experience that the customer deems unsatisfactory.
         • 1896, Caduceus of Kappa Sigma, volume 11, p. 305

           [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.

   2. (idiomatic) In social interactions, a deferred invitation, or deferred acceptance of an invitation.

      I can't go with you to the museum this Saturday, but can I take a rain check and go some other day?

派生語

• take a rain check

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動詞

raincheck (三人称単数 現在形 rainchecks, 現在分詞 rainchecking, 過去形および過去分詞形 rainchecked)

1. To take a raincheck on; to postpone.
   • 2014, David Foster Wallace, The David Foster Wallace Reader:

     What say I put the last of this out of its amber misery and we go in and tell her you're not feeling up to snuff enough again and we're rainchecking your first introduction to the Game till this weekend

   • 2018, Lindy Cameron, Redback:

     Jana planted her hands on her hips, rainchecked the promise of allegiance, and continued the challenging stare.

   • 2019, Anne Marsh, Her Intern: A Hot Billionaire Workplace Romance:

     Golden Gate Park—check. Line too long for cable car so rainchecking that.