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Lobby

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Noun

1. antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule

a large entrance or reception room or area

2. lobby

the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest

3. lobby, pressure group, third house

a group of people who try actively to influence legislation

Verb

4. buttonhole, lobby

detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lobby

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noun plural -bies
1. 
a room or corridor used as an entrance hall, vestibule, etc
2. mainly British
a hall in a legislative building used for meetings between the legislators and members of the public
3. Also called: division lobby mainly British
one of two corridors in a legislative building in which members vote
4. 
a group of persons who attempt to influence legislators on behalf of a particular interest
verb -bies, -bying or -bied
5. 
to attempt to influence (legislators, etc) in the formulation of policy
6. (intransitive)
to act in the manner of a lobbyist
7. (transitive)
to apply pressure or influence for the passage of (a bill, etc)

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Lobby

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nounWord forms: plural ˈlobbies
1. 
a hall or large anteroom, as a waiting room or vestibule of an apartment house, hotel, theater, etc.
2. 
a large hall adjacent to the assembly hall of a legislature and open to the public
3.  US
a group of lobbyists representing the same special interest
the oil lobby
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈlobbied or ˈlobbying US
4. 
to act as a lobbyist
5. 
to attempt to influence a public official in favor of something
often with for
verb transitive US
6. 
to attempt to influence (a public official) by acting as a lobbyist
7. 
to attempt to influence the passage of (a measure) by acting as a lobbyist

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lobby

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n. pl. lob·bies
1. A hall, foyer, or waiting room at or near the entrance to a building, such as a hotel or theater.
2. A public room next to the assembly chamber of a legislative body.
3. A group of persons engaged in trying to influence legislators or other public officials in favor of a specific cause: the banking lobby; the labor lobby.
v. lob·bied, lob·by·ing, lob·bies
v. intr.
To try to influence the thinking of legislators or other public officials for or against a specific cause: lobbying for stronger environmental safeguards; lobbied against the proliferation of nuclear arms.
v. tr.
1. To try to influence public officials on behalf of or against (proposed legislation, for example): lobbied the bill through Congress; lobbied the bill to a negative vote.
2. To try to influence (an official) to take a desired action.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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