rain checkn.

Brit.

/ˈreɪn tʃɛk/, U.S.

/ˈreɪn ˌtʃɛk/

Forms: 1800s– rain check, 1900s– rain cheque (rare).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rain n.¹, check n.¹

Etymology: < rain n.¹ + check n.¹ (see sense 14b at that entry).

Originally and chiefly North American.

a. A ticket given to a spectator at an outdoor event (originally a baseball game) interrupted by or postponed because of rain, enabling the holder to attend a future event without further charge. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > other types of insurance

reassurance1702

reinsurance1705

fire insurance1721

marine insurance1787

credit insurance1818

self-insurance1829

guarantee fund1848

industrial assurance1850

industrial insurance1853

fidelity guarantee1880

title insurance1882

open cover1884

rain check1884

co-insurance1889

franchise1895

health insurance1901

casualty insurance1902

travel insurance1912

fidelity insurance1930

medigap1966

fidelity bond1970

1884 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 10 May 11/1 The Toledo [baseball] Club will give rain-checks this season.

1896 Chicago Tribune 16 Apr. 3/3 An effort was made..to have the coming committee meeting postponed... Rain checks, however, might be given.

1917 Vanity Fair Dec. 136/2 If..you discover that your bronchial condition is beyond your control..you should kindly..return them [sc. your tickets] to the box-office where we will gladly give you a rain-check.

1939 Washington Post 19 June 13/6 The steady drizzle failed to slacken. Two thousand fans took rain checks.

1958 Star-News (Pasadena. Calif.) 24 Jan. 3/1 (advt.) We give rain cheques. Your car washed again within 7 days free, if it rains within 24 hours after we wash it.

1976 New Yorker 26 Apr. 31/1 Levin's project is to array miniature open-air versions of a hundred New York restaurants side by side along the Central Park Mall on Saturday, May 22nd (rain check for Sunday).

2001 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 17 June (Sport section) 3 It is the 10th time in the tournament's 23-year history that the American-style ‘rain check’ (covered by insurance) has been paid out.

b. A ticket issued by a retailer or service provider as a promise to provide goods or services which are temporarily unavailable, typically at a sale price.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > order > rain check

rain check1955

1955 Mansfield (Ohio) News Jrnl. 24 Apr. e13/2 (advt.) Should any of these specials be out of stock..we furnish every customer desiring one [with] a raincheck authorizing the purchase of this special at the advertised price.

1970 Washington Post 30 Sept. d3/5 (advt.) If our stores cannot perform this work within the time indicated we will give you a raincheck enabling you to have work done within 30 days at the advertised price.

2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 16 Nov. b18 Potential buyers, trying to avoid long lines, rain checks and empty-handed sales clerks on Friday, have already bid up PS3s to $2,300 (U.S.).

2. More generally: an assurance that an obligation or offer will be fulfilled or renewed at a later date. to take a rain check: to ask that an arrangement be postponed or an offer taken up at a later date (frequently with the implication that the offer is being declined altogether).

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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > suspend judgement

to take a rain check1899

1899 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Gaz. 28 Apr. 4/1 The gist of Coghlan's speech is that the team was all ready and waiting for Dewey to say ‘play ball’, and the captain refuses to part with his rain check.

1903 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 6 Mar. 10/7 If you expect to do anything to make people remember you it is time to get at it. St Peter isn't going to issue any rain checks.

1914 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 1 June 6/1 Any peacefully disposed observer will doubtless be ready to take a rain check for the rest of this Howard-Martin feud.

1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep xi. 70 The Sternwoods have money. All it has bought them is a rain check.

1976 L. Deighton Twinkle, twinkle, Little Spy xiv. 141 ‘Let me take a rain-check.’ ‘On a love affair?’ I said.

1977 Time 14 Nov. 41/3 Unless he can cash his rain check by early 1978, the President will run smack into France's March elections.

1999 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Dec. 29 The return in spectral form of a dead parent given a brief rain-check from heaven to bring their relationships with their loved ones to..closure.

2000 S. Kinsella Secret Dreamworld Shopaholic xxiii. 303 ‘Actually, I think I'll take a rain-check.’‘You mean..’ Suze pauses. ‘You mean you don't want to go shopping?’‘Exactly.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rain check
释义	rain checkn. Brit. /ˈreɪn tʃɛk/, U.S. /ˈreɪn ˌtʃɛk/ Forms: 1800s– rain check, 1900s– rain cheque (rare). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rain n.¹, check n.¹ Etymology: < rain n.¹ + check n.¹ (see sense 14b at that entry). Originally and chiefly North American. 1. a. A ticket given to a spectator at an outdoor event (originally a baseball game) interrupted by or postponed because of rain, enabling the holder to attend a future event without further charge. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > other types of insurance reassurance1702 reinsurance1705 fire insurance1721 marine insurance1787 credit insurance1818 self-insurance1829 guarantee fund1848 industrial assurance1850 industrial insurance1853 fidelity guarantee1880 title insurance1882 open cover1884 rain check1884 co-insurance1889 franchise1895 health insurance1901 casualty insurance1902 travel insurance1912 fidelity insurance1930 medigap1966 fidelity bond1970 1884 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 10 May 11/1 The Toledo [baseball] Club will give rain-checks this season. 1896 Chicago Tribune 16 Apr. 3/3 An effort was made..to have the coming committee meeting postponed... Rain checks, however, might be given. 1917 Vanity Fair Dec. 136/2 If..you discover that your bronchial condition is beyond your control..you should kindly..return them [sc. your tickets] to the box-office where we will gladly give you a rain-check. 1939 Washington Post 19 June 13/6 The steady drizzle failed to slacken. Two thousand fans took rain checks. 1958 Star-News (Pasadena. Calif.) 24 Jan. 3/1 (advt.) We give rain cheques. Your car washed again within 7 days free, if it rains within 24 hours after we wash it. 1976 New Yorker 26 Apr. 31/1 Levin's project is to array miniature open-air versions of a hundred New York restaurants side by side along the Central Park Mall on Saturday, May 22nd (rain check for Sunday). 2001 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 17 June (Sport section) 3 It is the 10th time in the tournament's 23-year history that the American-style ‘rain check’ (covered by insurance) has been paid out. b. A ticket issued by a retailer or service provider as a promise to provide goods or services which are temporarily unavailable, typically at a sale price. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > order > rain check rain check1955 1955 Mansfield (Ohio) News Jrnl. 24 Apr. e13/2 (advt.) Should any of these specials be out of stock..we furnish every customer desiring one [with] a raincheck authorizing the purchase of this special at the advertised price. 1970 Washington Post 30 Sept. d3/5 (advt.) If our stores cannot perform this work within the time indicated we will give you a raincheck enabling you to have work done within 30 days at the advertised price. 2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 16 Nov. b18 Potential buyers, trying to avoid long lines, rain checks and empty-handed sales clerks on Friday, have already bid up PS3s to $2,300 (U.S.). 2. More generally: an assurance that an obligation or offer will be fulfilled or renewed at a later date. to take a rain check: to ask that an arrangement be postponed or an offer taken up at a later date (frequently with the implication that the offer is being declined altogether). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > suspend judgement to take a rain check1899 1899 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Gaz. 28 Apr. 4/1 The gist of Coghlan's speech is that the team was all ready and waiting for Dewey to say ‘play ball’, and the captain refuses to part with his rain check. 1903 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 6 Mar. 10/7 If you expect to do anything to make people remember you it is time to get at it. St Peter isn't going to issue any rain checks. 1914 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 1 June 6/1 Any peacefully disposed observer will doubtless be ready to take a rain check for the rest of this Howard-Martin feud. 1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep xi. 70 The Sternwoods have money. All it has bought them is a rain check. 1976 L. Deighton Twinkle, twinkle, Little Spy xiv. 141 ‘Let me take a rain-check.’ ‘On a love affair?’ I said. 1977 Time 14 Nov. 41/3 Unless he can cash his rain check by early 1978, the President will run smack into France's March elections. 1999 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Dec. 29 The return in spectral form of a dead parent given a brief rain-check from heaven to bring their relationships with their loved ones to..closure. 2000 S. Kinsella Secret Dreamworld Shopaholic xxiii. 303 ‘Actually, I think I'll take a rain-check.’‘You mean..’ Suze pauses. ‘You mean you don't want to go shopping?’‘Exactly.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884
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