"sweethearting" meaning in All languages combined

See sweethearting on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: sweetheartings [plural]
Etymology: From sweetheart + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sweetheart|ing}} sweetheart + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} sweethearting (usually uncountable, plural sweetheartings)
  1. (dated) Courting; lovemaking. Tags: dated, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-sweethearting-en-noun-i4c7vUpw
  2. (business, retail) Theft by employees at the cash register, for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-sweethearting-en-noun-TWkf7cGt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Topics: business, commerce, retail

Inflected forms

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