Other forms: rematches
A rematch is a second contest between the same opponents. Demand a rematch, the rematch is set, a rematch clause.
It carries the weight of the first result: a rematch is never a fresh start, which is what makes it good business and hard on the winner. In boxing a rematch clause is written into the contract before the first fight. Note that re- plus match is as plain a compound as English makes.
1nounrematchA second contest between the same opponents.
“The champion lost the final, but she's already asked for a rematch.”
rematch is a repeated contest.
Middle English
macche
English
match
English, today
rematch
Built from
From re- + match. match comes from Middle English macche. From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-West Germanic makkjō, gamakkjō (“partner, equal”), from Proto-Germanic makô, from Proto-Indo-European mag- (“to knead, work”). Compare Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA