lobby
lobby definition
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
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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