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Godelieve:
January 1st, 2011 at 8:13 am
A rain cheque is a voucher to be cashed in later, like a bank cheque and should therefore also be cheque.
Martijn:
July 1st, 2012 at 9:41 am
Thx from The Netherlands. Great explanation.
@godelieve: read the whole text!
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[…] Canadian in me wants to spell it “rain cheque”, that would be incorrect. Seriously, read all about it. Also, I think I have a new favourite website. Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailPinterestLike this:LikeBe the first to like […]