bid vs rain check

bid

noun
  • An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work. 

  • A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass. 

  • A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile. 

  • A prison sentence. 

  • An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal). 

verb
  • To offer as a price. 

  • To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price. 

  • To invite; to summon. 

  • To utter a greeting or salutation. 

  • To make an attempt. 

  • To issue a command; to tell. 

  • To announce (one's goal), before starting play. 

  • To take a particular route regularly. 

rain check

noun
  • to provide a sold-out item or temporarily unavailable service at a later date for the running (usually special) price. 

  • to make good on any experience that the customer deems unsatisfactory. 

  • A reissue, at no extra charge, of a ticket for a baseball game or other outdoor event postponed or interrupted because of rain. 

  • In social interactions, a deferred invitation, or deferred acceptance of an invitation. 

How often have the words bid and rain check occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )