Rain check or rain cheque?
rain check is a noun meaning “A reissue, at no extra charge, of a ticket for a baseball game or other outdoor…”; rain cheque is a noun meaning “rain check”.
What is the difference between rain check and rain cheque?
| rain check | rain cheque | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb | noun |
| Meaning | A reissue, at no extra charge, of a ticket for a baseball game or other outdoor event postponed or interrupted because of rain A (special) price guarantee for a sold-out item or temporarily unavailable service | CommonwealthIrelandUKrain check |
| Example | I can't go with you to the museum this Saturday, but can I take a rain check and go some other day? | none recorded |
| Forms | rain-checks | rain-cheques |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | not counted (the list counts single words) |
Sources: rain check and rain cheque in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of rain check and rain cheque
rain check
- 1
A reissue, at no extra charge, of a ticket for a baseball game or other outdoor event postponed or interrupted because of rain
- 2
Alternative form of rain check
- 3
Alternative form of raincheck
- 4
A (special) price guarantee for a sold-out item or temporarily unavailable service
- 5
The promise to make good on any experience that the customer deems unsatisfactory
- 6
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?
rain cheque
- 1
CommonwealthIrelandUKrain check
- 2
Alternative form of rain check
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.