lobby

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck. Source: opted

4. n. A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard. Source: opted

5. v. i. To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes. Source: opted

6. v. t. To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill. Source: opted

7. n. a large entrance or reception room or area Source: wordnet

8. n. the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest Source: wordnet

9. n. an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying Source: wordnet

10. v. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors Source: wordnet

11. 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. [U.S.] 3. (Naut.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck. 4. (Agric.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard. Lobby member, a lobbyist. [Humorous cant, U. S.] To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes.[U.S.] Bartlett. To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill. [U.S.] Source: webster

12. A passage or hall of communication, especially when largeenough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from anantechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, anantechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefullypreserved. Source: adambom

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