Rain check may refer to:

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Rain check (baseball) In baseball, a rain check is a ticket issued to spectators which admits them to the ballpark at a later date at no additional cost to the ticket holder. It is issued if a game is cancelled due to rain or other inclement weather, or if a game has b ...

, a ticket issued in case a baseball game is started but canceled due to rain prior to reaching the point of becoming official *

Rain check (idiom) Rain check may refer to: General *Rain check (baseball), a ticket issued in case a baseball game is started but canceled due to rain prior to reaching the point of becoming official * Rain check (idiom), by analogy, a way to request rescheduling a ...

, by analogy, a way to request rescheduling an invitation or an agreement for a merchant to provide to a customer an out-of-stock sale item at a later date

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Literature

*''Rain Check'' (1946), a science-fiction novel by

Lewis Padgett Lewis Padgett was the joint pseudonym of the science fiction authors and spouses Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore,Nicholls 1979, p. 445. taken from their mothers' maiden names. They also used the pseudonyms Lawrence O'Donnell and C. H. Liddell, as w ...

*''Rain-Check'' (1956), a poem by

Raymond Souster Raymond Holmes Souster (January 15, 1921 – October 19, 2012) was a Canadian poet whose writing career spanned over 70 years. More than 50 volumes of his own poetry were published during his lifetime, and he edited or co-edited a dozen volumes ...

Music

*"Rain check", a song composed by Billy Strayhorn from the 1967 album '' ...And His Mother Called Him Bill'', released by jazz legend Duke Ellington **"Rain Check" (1978), included on the jazz album ''

Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn ''Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn'' (also released as ''A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn'' (JAM) and ''Dedications III'' (Alfa)) is a jazz album recorded by two different configurations of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio in 1978. It was released on the Dis ...

'' **"Rain Check" (1990), included on the three-CD album ''

The Blanton–Webster Band ''The Blanton–Webster Band'' is a compilation album that combines the master takes of all the recordings by Duke Ellington's Orchestra during the years of 1940 to 1942, involving bassist Jimmy Blanton and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster. Th ...

'' *"Rain Check" (1997), a song from the re-released album ''

The Polyfuze Method Revisited ''The Polyfuze Method'' is the second studio album by American rapper Kid Rock. Released in 1993 by Continuum and Top Dog Records, the album marked the beginning of Kid Rock's shift from hip hop music to rap rock. ''The Polyfuze Method'' saw Ki ...

'' by Kid Rock *"Rain Check" (2004), a song from the album ''

Educated Guess A guess (or an act of guessing) is a swift conclusion drawn from data directly at hand, and held as probable or tentative, while the person making the guess (the guesser) admittedly lacks material for a greater degree of certainty. A guess is als ...

'' by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco *"Raincheck" (1971), backing side of a vinyl single by Trousers released by

HappySad Records HappySad Records was an independent record label founded in 1971 by Paul Levinson and Ed Fox, taken over by Levinson in 1972. Its major release, '' Twice Upon a Rhyme'', was rediscovered and described thirty years later, in July 2002, in Japan's ...

*"Raincheck" (1972), from the LP record ''

Twice Upon a Rhyme ''Twice Upon a Rhyme'' is an LP record by Paul Levinson with Ed Fox and Peter Rosenthal. It was released in 1972 by HappySad Records on vinyl. ''Twice Upon a Rhyme'' was recorded on and off from 1969 to 1971. It includes all original material ...

'' by Paul Levinson *"Raincheck" (1995), from the album '' Days Like This'' by Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison

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