Definition of lobby Lobby
/lɑˈbi/ - [labee] - lob•by
We found 21 definitions of lobby from 7 different sources.
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What does lobby mean?
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NounPlural: lobbies |
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| lobby - a group of people who try actively to influence legislation | ||
| pressure group, third house | ||
| political entity, political unit a unit with political responsibilities | ||
| lobby - the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest | ||
| lobby - a large entrance or reception room or area | ||
| anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, vestibule | ||
| room an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" | ||
| edifice, building a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" | ||
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| lobby - detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors | ||
| buttonhole | ||
| beg, solicit, tap call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- lobby (Noun)
An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor. - lobby (Noun)
A class or group of people who try to lobby or influence public official s; collectively, lobbyists. - lobby (Noun)
A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game. - lobby (Noun)
scouse. - lobby (Verb)
To attempt to influence a public official or decision-maker in favor of a specific opinion or cause.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lobby (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. - lobby (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. - lobby (n.)
An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck. - lobby (n.)
A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard. - lobby (v. i.)
To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes. - lobby (v. t.)
To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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lobby
A room in a building which is used for entry from the outside. -
lobby
A large, vast room or complex of rooms (in a theatre, opera, concert hall, showroom, cinema, etc.) where the audience members can rest, eat, etc., adjacent to the auditorium. -
lobby
A class or group of people who try to lobby or influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lobby
lob′i, n. a small hall or waiting-room: a passage serving as a common entrance to several apartments: the ante-chamber of a legislative hall, frequented by outsiders for the purpose of influencing votes.—ns. Lobb′ying, frequenting the lobby to collect political intelligence, &c.; Lobb′yist, Lobb′y-mem′ber, a journalist, &c., who frequents a lobby in the interest of some cause or of a newspaper. [Low L. lobia—Middle High Ger. loube (Ger. laube), a portico, arbour—laub, a leaf.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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lobby
A name sometimes given to an apartment close before the great cabin bulk-head.
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