2007-01-18 14:27:07 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
"A rain check" just means "I'll take you up on an offer another time" It's more polite than saying just "no"
Ex. Joe wants to go have coffee with Jill, and Jill does
want to have coffee with Joe, but she's got an appointment elsewhere. Jill says "I'll take a rain check."
Cheesy, i know. Hope I helped
2007-01-18 14:34:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many stores have a policy called "rain check". If the store has a sale on a certain item, and the item is unavailable, you can ask for a rain check. This is a slip where they will write how many of the item you will be allowed to buy at the sale price when they get the item back in stock.
Therefore, to take a rain check means that you are asking to postpone something.
2007-01-18 17:35:13 · answer #2 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If somebody tells you to take a rain check, that means not now, but later. Like if you ask somebody out to coffee and they say they'll take a rain check, that means they don't want to do it right now, but maybe some other time. Or if a store gives you a rain check (say there's a shelving unit for half off) but they are out of that item, they'll give you a rain check, and let you have the shelf for half off next time they get it in stock.
2007-01-18 14:35:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An english muffin is a bit hard to describe but having lived in England but being an American the best thing I can equate it to is a crumpet as far as texture, the taste is not the same tho, it tastes like bread. A biscuit is a dollup of baked dough with baking powder or soda. A basic biscuit isn't very flavorful but has a nice flakey texture (usually made with shortening). It's often served with butter. BTW as a response to others answers english muffins are not "cakes" or in anyway cake like. And biscuits are not scones. They are both bread products but the taste and texture are very different.
2016-05-24 05:36:32 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically a raincheck is something used in retail. If an item is on sale and the store is out of that item a person can get (usually in the form of a small slip of paper) a raincheck. What this means is that once the store gets the item back in, the person can use this slip of paper, the "raincheck", to buy that item at the sale price, when the item is no longer on sale.
It is used figuratively to mean, "I cannot do that right now, can I take you up on the offer later?"
2007-01-18 14:39:10 · answer #5 · answered by sorcergeek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To "take a rain check" literally means that if a performance is cancelled due to rain, they offer you money back, or a "rain check", meaning a ticket for a later performance.
So as a slang term for other things in life, to "take a rain check" means, "I'll take you up on that offer (of whatever) at a later date".
2007-01-18 14:37:07 · answer #6 · answered by blue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that they can't do it right now, but they would like another opportunity to do it. such as, if you were going to have lunch together, but they did not have time at the moment, they would say "i'll take a raincheck on that lunch".
"rainchecks" are things you can get at the store for something that was on sale and they are out of. you get a raincheck and when the item comes in, you can still get the sale price.
"rainchecks" are also used for places of amusement such as a carnival or a zoo. if it is raining, some places will offer you a raincheck so you can come back another day without paying.
hope this helps!
2007-01-18 14:33:39 · answer #7 · answered by Hello Kitty 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means to put something off until later.
If a store is out of a sale item, they will often give a 'rain check' for the same price when the item comes back in stock.
If someone asks you to do something with them, and you 'take a rain check', it means you are putting them off until another time.
2007-01-18 14:32:30 · answer #8 · answered by dancin thru life 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At some other time. Like if someone wants you to have dinner with them and you say I'll take a rain check that means you can't do it now but will some other time.
2007-01-18 14:31:55 · answer #9 · answered by Angelz 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that means put it off till later, when it becomes available.
Comes from the old days of outdoor ballgames, if they were postponed because of rain, ticketholders were given a rain check to get into the game free at a time of their convenience.
Now it's used in terms of when an item is on sale and unavailble you can get a "rain check" to get it later at the sale price.
2007-01-18 14:32:37 · answer #10 · answered by Joni DaNerd 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋