Word info

have the pleasure

Verb

Meaning

have the pleasure (third-person singular simple present has the pleasure, present participle having the pleasure, simple past and past participle had the pleasure)

Used as a polite formula to ask for a person's name, or to request that they join one in a dance, etc.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Sometimes she went so far as to wish that she might find herself some day in a difficult position, so that she should have the pleasure of being as heroic as the occasion demanded. Henry James

I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose. Abraham Clark

When I portray Stabler, I have to shave every day and cut my hair every week! And then, I really like to change my looks for films like 'Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle' where I have the pleasure of playing the ugliest man in the world. Christopher Meloni

Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Penn to me are the two best actors of all time. I'm just glad to have the pleasure to be in an era that they're acting while I'm acting. They're probably the best actors in my mind. Channing Tatum

I may not be much good at most things, but if I didn't have the pleasure of planning and installing shows, and doing it better than anyone else, I would have stopped buying art many years ago. Charles Saatchi

People can come and see me, and I have the pleasure of being able to talk to them. Salvador Allende

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