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Lobby Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lobby? [n] a large entrance or reception room or area [n] a group of people who try actively to influence legislation [v] detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lobby: antechamber \| anteroom \| buttonhole \| entrance hall \| foyer \| hall \| pressure group \| third house \| vestibule Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lobby: access \| act on \| advocate \| approach \| bad influence \| bear upon \| big wheel \| blandish \| cajole \| call on \| call upon \| coax \| constitute \| corridor \| court \| decree \| draw \| draw on \| eminence grise \| enact \| enact laws \| entrance \| entrance hall \| entranceway \| entry \| entryway \| exert influence \| exhort \| filibuster \| five-percenter \| foyer \| friend at court \| galilee \| get cozy with \| get the floor \| good influence \| gray eminence \| hall \| hallway \| have the floor \| heavyweight \| hidden hand \| high-pressure \| importune \| influence \| influence peddler \| influencer \| ingroup \| insist \| insist upon \| jawbone \| key \| kill \| kingmaker \| lead on \| legislate \| legislative lobby \| lobby through \| lobbyer \| lobbyist \| logroll \| lords of creation \| magnetize \| make advances \| make overtures \| make up to \| man of influence \| manipulator \| nag \| narthex \| open sesame \| ordain \| parliamentary agent \| pass \| persuade \| pigeonhole \| plead with \| pocket \| portal \| portico \| powers that be \| press \| pressure \| pressure group \| promote \| propylaeum \| pull strings \| push \| put in force \| put through \| railroad through \| Rasputin \| reception room \| recommend \| registered lobbyist \| roll logs \| sinister influence \| soft-soap \| special interests \| special-interest group \| special-interest lobby \| stoa \| Svengali \| sway \| sweet-talk \| table \| take the floor \| the Establishment \| threshold \| urge \| very important person \| vestibule \| veto \| VIP \| wheedle \| wheeler-dealer \| wire-pull \| wire-puller \| work on \| yield the floor See Also \| beg \| building \| edifice \| narthex \| political unit \| room \| solicit \| tap Lobby In Webster's Dictionary \Lob"by\, n.; pl. {Lobbies}. [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor. See {Lodge}.] 1. (Arch.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved. 2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency \Lob"by\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lobbied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lobbying}.] To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes.[U.S.] --Bartlett. \Lob"by\, v. t. To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill. [U.S.]

Lobby Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lobby?

[n] a large entrance or reception room or area
[n] a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
[v] detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

Lobby In Webster's Dictionary

\Lob"by\, n.; pl. {Lobbies}. [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a
covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube,
arbor. See {Lodge}.]
1. (Arch.) A passage or hall of communication, especially
   when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It
   differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates
   between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but
   this distinction is not carefully preserved.

2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the
   official use of the assembly; hence, the persons,
   collectively, who frequent such a place to transact
   business with the legislators; any persons, not members of
   a legislative body, who strive to influence its
   proceedings by personal agency


\Lob"by\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lobbied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lobbying}.]
To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the
lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their
votes.[U.S.] --Bartlett.


\Lob"by\, v. t.
To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a
legislative body; as, to lobby a bill. [U.S.]

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