where did the phrase "i will take a rain check though" originate from?

Answer 1

"A rain check was once a ticket (that's the check part) for future use issued to spectators at an outdoor event that has been postponed or interrupted by rain. The literal sense of rain check, which is an Americanism, is first found in the 1880s in reference to a baseball game. The practice of giving a rain check to a ticketholder was formalized in 1890 in the constitution of the National League."

Answer 2

The literal sense of rain check, which is an Americanism, is first found in the 1880s in reference to a baseball game, . where 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. The practice of giving a rain check to a ticketholder was formalized in 1890 in the constitution of the National League. 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. By the 1970s it had spread outside the U.S. and into other English-speaking countries.
"I will take a rain check through" originate from the above and it refers to: a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future: i.e. declined the invitation to dinner, but asked for a rain check.

Answer 3

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