"have the pleasure" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "has the pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having the pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had the pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had the pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "have<has,,had> the pleasure"
      },
      "expansion": "have the pleasure (third-person singular simple present has the pleasure, present participle having the pleasure, simple past and past participle had the pleasure)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Death of Chaos",
          "text": "Might I have the pleasure of introducing you to Master Lerris. In addition to being probably the best woodcrafter in Kyphros, he is also the gray wizard who defeated the Hydlenese white wizard […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Mary Smith, Shattering the Ice, page 198",
          "text": "\"You may be seated. Ms. Silver, nice to see you again,\" he nods to Rachel. \"Mr. Stone, I don't believe I've had the pleasure. Welcome to my courtroom.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Patricia Potter, Dancing with a Rogue",
          "text": "From inside came the first strains of a waltz. Her body swayed in motion to the music. “May I have the pleasure?” he asked, knowing full well that she might refuse.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a polite formula to ask for a person's name, or to request that they join one in a dance, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-have_the_pleasure-en-verb-JH6-pkP7",
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name#English"
        ],
        [
          "dance",
          "dance#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "have the pleasure"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "has the pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having the pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had the pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had the pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "have<has,,had> the pleasure"
      },
      "expansion": "have the pleasure (third-person singular simple present has the pleasure, present participle having the pleasure, simple past and past participle had the pleasure)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Death of Chaos",
          "text": "Might I have the pleasure of introducing you to Master Lerris. In addition to being probably the best woodcrafter in Kyphros, he is also the gray wizard who defeated the Hydlenese white wizard […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Mary Smith, Shattering the Ice, page 198",
          "text": "\"You may be seated. Ms. Silver, nice to see you again,\" he nods to Rachel. \"Mr. Stone, I don't believe I've had the pleasure. Welcome to my courtroom.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Patricia Potter, Dancing with a Rogue",
          "text": "From inside came the first strains of a waltz. Her body swayed in motion to the music. “May I have the pleasure?” he asked, knowing full well that she might refuse.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a polite formula to ask for a person's name, or to request that they join one in a dance, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name#English"
        ],
        [
          "dance",
          "dance#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "have the pleasure"
}