sweetheart, in exchange for daughter's hand in marriage

Is this the world's toughest father-in-law? British businessman challenges future son-in-law to North Pole expedition in exchange for daughter's hand in marriage

• Hannah and Jake have been sweethearts since childhood
• Father-in-law Steve wanted Jake to prove commitment to marriage
• Also saw it as a way of induction into the close family
• Pair navigated 100kg sledges through the moving ice of the Arctic Circle
• Temperatures dropped as low as -50 degrees Celsius
• Raised over £30,000 for the Colourful Life Foundation and National Osteoporosis Society

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sweetheart

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Pronunciation: /ˈswiːthɑːt

 

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• 1A person with whom someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship: the pair were childhood sweethearts

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• 1.1Used as a term of endearment or affectionate form of address: don’t worry, sweetheart, I’ve got it all worked out

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• 1.2A particularly lovable or pleasing person or thing: he is an absolute sweetheart

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• 1.3 [as modifier] • informal Denoting an arrangement reached privately by two sides, especially an employer and a trade union, in their own interests: he cut a sweetheart deal with a politically well-placed union to get their endorsement in his re-election campaign

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  • Arguably, the only reason the Valentia consortium won was due to a sweetheart deal with the trade unions.
  • Political watchdog groups have described it as a sweetheart arrangement for corporations close to the Bush administration.
  • Laing has signed a sweetheart deal with the Ucatt union under which workers will be brought onto a contract (rather than be considered self employed) - but at a loss of pay.