lobby 
lobby (läb′ē)
noun pl. lobbies -·bies
- a hall or large anteroom, as a waiting room or vestibule of an apartment house, hotel, theater, etc.
- a large hall adjacent to the assembly hall of a legislature and open to the public
- ☆ a group of lobbyists representing the same special interest the oil lobby
Etymology: LL lobia: see lodge
intransitive verb lobbied -·bied, lobbying -·by·ing
- to act as a lobbyist
- to attempt to influence a public official in favor of something: often with for
Etymology: after the practice of meeting with legislators in the lobby ()
transitive verb
- to attempt to influence (a public official) by acting as a lobbyist
- to attempt to influence the passage of (a measure) by acting as a lobbyist
lobby
v.
Object
- parliament: Trade unionists were set to lobby parliament on Wednesday of this week against the government's plans.
Preposition: on
- behalf: Where there is need for change we can lobby on the walkers behalf.
Adjective modifier
- anti-abortion: And if the anti-abortion lobby gets its way, we won't even be able to recall them.
- anti-smoking: Here, a moral victory has been gained against the anti-smoking lobby.
- pro-life: Elected to Parliament in 1983 since when she has fought courageously and consistently in support of the pro-life lobby.
- anti-choice: Open and honest conversation about the abortion is the best defense against the anti-choice lobby.
- vociferous: Ministers will announce that they see no reason to bow to the demands of a vociferous lobby led by Asda, B&Q and Ikea.
Modifies a noun
- correspondent: Very few lobby correspondents earn that kind of money.
- fodder: Something cobbled together by the government and its minions in the lobby fodder will not do.
Noun used with modifier
- pro-abortion: Perhaps, notwithstanding the limited votes we polled last week, our prophetic message is getting through the hardened skins of the pro-abortion lobby.
- pro-gm: The most powerful thing the pro-GM lobby say is that GM is the only way to feed the starving.
- entrance: The entrance lobby, with a small office to your left.
- anti-car: Christopher Macgowan: Don't believe the anti-car lobby 's propaganda Published: 01 February 2005 Drivers like 4x4s.
- anti-gm: However the anti-GM lobby is critical of GM foods, their main argument being that we do not yet know enough about them.
- naturethe: Of them quot to get appropriately second naturethe lobby with a visit.
Preposition: of
- parliament: The lobby of parliament next Tuesday 9 May ( assemble 1pm outside parliament ), is crucial.
You may call it coalition, you may call it the accidental and fortuitous concurrence of atomsbut when gentlemen are in the habit of finding themselves in the same Lobby, it is not unnatural to suppose that they may, under certain circumstances, be ready to unite themselves together for the purpose of forming an Administration and becoming responsible for the opinions that they severally entertain.
I shall be but a short time tonight. I have seldom spoken with greaterregret, for my lips arenot yet unsealed.Were thesetroubles over I would make a case, and Iguarantee that not a man would go into the lobby against us.
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