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rain check
rain checkn.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.rain checkn1. (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 rain2. 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 or her to buy it at the special price when next the item is available3. take a rain check to accept the postponement of an offerrain′ check` or rain′check`,
n. 1. an offered or requested postponement of an invitation until a more convenient, usu. unspecified time. 2. a voucher entitling a customer to purchase at a later date and for the same price a sale item that is temporarily out of stock. 3. a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event that has been postponed or interrupted by rain. [1880–85] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  rain check - a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the futurepromise - 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 rainticket stub, stub - a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt |
Translationsrain (rein) noun1. water falling from the clouds in liquid drops. We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains. 雨 雨2. a great number of things falling like rain. a rain of arrows. 像雨般一陣落下的東西 雨点般降落的东西（下雨般的）一阵 verb1. (only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall. I think it will rain today. 下雨 下雨2. to (cause to) fall like rain. Arrows rained down on the soldiers. 雨點般地落下 雨点般地落下ˈrainy adjective having (many) showers of rain. a rainy day; the rainy season; rainy weather. 下雨的，多雨的 下雨的，多雨的 ˈraininess noun 下雨，多雨 下雨，多雨 ˈrainbow noun the coloured arch sometimes seen in the sky opposite the sun when rain is falling. 彩虹 彩虹ˈrain check: take a rain check (American) (to ask) to do something at a later time. Thanks for inviting me to dinner, but can I take a rain check on it? (美)改期再做 延期，改日进行 ˈraincoat noun a waterproof coat worn to keep out the rain. 雨衣 雨衣ˈraindrop noun a single drop of rain. 雨點，雨滴 雨点ˈrainfall noun the amount of rain that falls in a certain place in a certain time. We haven't had much rainfall this year; the annual rainfall. 降雨量 降雨量ˈrain forest noun a thick tropical forest in a region where it rains a lot. 熱帶雨林 雨林ˈrain-gauge noun an instrument for measuring rainfall. 雨量計 雨量器keep/save etc for a rainy day to keep (especially money) until one needs it or in case one may need it. 未雨綢繆 未雨绸缪rain cats and dogs to rain very hard. 傾盆大雨 倾盆大雨the rains (in tropical countries) the rainy season. (熱帶國家的)雨季 雨季(as) right as rain perfectly all right; completely well. 十分正確，完全健康 十分正确
rain check
rain check1. A substitute ticket or pass to attend an event that has been postponed for a later date. They emailed us a rain check for the concert after the guitarist broke his hand in a rock-climbing accident.2. By extension, a promise to take up an offer that one has initially declined. I'm sorry, but I'll have to take a rain check for dinner this Saturday. Would next weekend work for you?See also: check, rainrain check (on something) 1. a piece of paper allowing one to see an event -- which has been canceled -- at a later time. (Originally said of sporting events that had to be canceled because of rain. *Typically: get ~; have ~; take ~; give someone ~.) The game was canceled because of the storm, but we all got rain checks on it. I can't use a rain check because I'm leaving town for a month. 2. a reissuance of an invitation at a later date. (Said to someone who has invited you to something that you cannot attend now, but would like to attend at a later time. *Typically: get ~; have ~; take ~; give someone ~.) We would love to come to your house, but we are busy next Saturday. Could we take a rain check on your kind invitation? Oh, yes. You have a rain check that's good anytime you can come by and visit. 3. a piece of paper that allows one to purchase an item on sale at a later date. (Stores issue these pieces of paper when they run out of specially priced sale merchandise. *Typically: get ~; have ~; take ~; give someone ~.) The store was all out of the shampoo they advertised, but I got a rain check. Yes, you should always take a rain check so you can get it at the sale price later when they have more.See also: check, rainrain checkA promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future, as in I can't come to dinner Tuesday but hope you'll give me a rain check. This term comes from baseball, where in the 1880s it became the practice to offer paying spectators a rain check entitling them to future admission for a game that was postponed or ended early owing to bad weather. By the early 1900s the term was transferred to tickets for other kinds of entertainment, and later to a coupon entitling a customer to buy, at a later date and at the same price, a sale item temporarily out of stock. See also: check, rainEncyclopediaSeerainRain Check
Rain CheckA receipt or verbal promise by a seller that if a product is out of stock potential buyers will be able to buy the same product at the current price when the seller receives the next shipment. This is important if the seller wishes to attract or retain the buyer's business; that is, the seller issues rain checks to discourage buyers from going to a competitor.rain check
Related to rain check: I'll take a rain checkWords related to rain checknoun a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the futureRelated Wordsnoun a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rainRelated Words |