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rain cheque

Any voucher or note issued by a store to allow a customer to get a special or sale price later if an item is out of stock.

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  • From rain + cheque, originally a voucher issued to baseball fans to allow them to view a later game in case of rain
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'rain cheque':

rain chequeAny postponement, especially of an offer.
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