raincheck

See also: rain check

English

Noun

raincheck (plural rainchecks)

1. Alternative form of rain check

   It is important to get rainchecks for items that are not available at the time of the sale.

Verb

raincheck (third-person singular simple present rainchecks, present participle rainchecking, simple past and past participle 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.