rain check

1. 1.

   a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future

   Broaderpromise
2. 2.

   a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain

   Broaderstub

Questions about rain check

What does rain check mean?

rain check means "a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is rain check a common word?

rain check is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.