Lobby : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lobby	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Lobby
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lobby n a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule] the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest a group of people who try actively to influence legislation Synonym(s): lobby, pressure group, third house v detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors Synonym(s): lobby, buttonhole
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lobby \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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lobby \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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lobby \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.