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rain check

 
noun [C]

Translation

BUYING US a piece of paper which allows you to buy something at a low price although that thing is now being sold at a higher price
sonradan bir malı daha ucuza almak için verilen belge/fiş/yazı/çek
1423
SPORTS US a ticket that allows you to see an event at a later time if bad weather stops that event from happening
tehir edilen bir gösteriyi sonradan izleme fırsatı veren bilet/fiş/yazı vs.
1664
take a rain check on sth something you say when you cannot accept someone's invitation, but would like to do it at a later time
hakkının saklı kalmasını istemek
I'm busy now, but can I take a rain check on that cup of coffee?1559
(Definition of rain check noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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