"at pleasure" meaning in English

See at pleasure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} at pleasure, {{en-prep phrase}} at pleasure
  1. By arbitrary will or choice.
    Sense id: en-at_pleasure-en-prep_phrase-q57TaxVs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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