LOBBY DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) 
lobby
n 1: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn:
anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall,
foyer, lobby, vestibule]
2: the people who support some common cause or business or
principle or sectional interest
3: a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
[syn: lobby, pressure group, third house]
v 1: detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the
outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
[syn: lobby, buttonhole]
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) 
lobby I. noun (plural lobbies)
Etymology: Medieval Latin lobium gallery, of Germanic origin;
akin to Old High German louba porch Date: 1593 1. a
corridor or hall connected with a larger room or series of rooms and used
as a passageway or waiting room: as
a. an anteroom of a legislative chamber; especially one of
two anterooms of a British parliamentary chamber to which members go to
vote during a division b. a large hall serving as a foyer (as of
a hotel or theater)
2. a group of persons engaged in lobbying especially as
representatives of a particular interest group II. verb
(lobbied; lobbying)
Date: 1837 intransitive verb
to conduct activities aimed at influencing public officials and especially
members of a legislative body on legislation transitive verb
1. to promote (as a project) or secure the passage of (as
legislation) by influencing public officials 2. to attempt to
influence or sway (as a public official) toward a desired action
• lobbyer noun • lobbyism noun •
lobbyist noun
Oxford English Reference Dictionary 
lobby n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a porch, ante-room, entrance-hall, or corridor. 2 a (in the House of Commons) a large hall used esp. for interviews between MPs and members of the public.
b (also division lobby) each of two corridors to which MPs retire to vote. 3 a a body of persons seeking to influence legislators on behalf of a particular interest (the anti-abortion lobby). b an
organized attempt by members of the public to influence legislators (a lobby of MPs). 4 (prec. by the) (in the UK) a group of journalists who receive unattributable briefings from the government
(lobby correspondent). --v. (-ies, -ied) 1 tr. solicit the support of (an influential person). 2 tr. (of members of the public) seek to influence (the members of a legislature). 3 intr.
frequent a parliamentary lobby. 4 tr. (foll. by through) get (a bill etc.) through a legislature, by interviews etc. in the lobby. Derivatives: lobbyer n. lobbyism n. lobbyist
n. Etymology: med.L lobia, lobium LODGE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary 
lobby
(lobbies, lobbying, lobbied)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1. If you lobby someone such as a member of a government or council, you try to persuade
them that a particular law should be changed or that a particular thing should be done.
Carers from all over the UK lobbied Parliament last week to demand a better financial
deal...
Gun control advocates are lobbying hard for new laws...
VERB: V n, V for/against n
• lobbying
The aid was frozen in June after intense lobbying by conservative Republicans.
N-UNCOUNT
2. A lobby is a group of people who represent a particular organization or campaign,
and try to persuade a government or council to help or support them.
He set up this lobby of independent producers.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft supp N, N of n
3. In a hotel or other large building, the lobby is the area near the entrance that
usually has corridors and staircases leading off it.
I met her in the lobby of the museum.
N-COUNT
English Explanatory Dictionary 
lobby
ˈlɔbɪ n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a porch, ante-room,
entrance-hall, or corridor. 2 a (in the House of Commons) a large hall used
esp. for interviews between MPs and members of the public. b (also division
lobby) each of two corridors to which MPs retire to vote. 3 a a body of
persons seeking to influence legislators on behalf of a particular interest
(the anti-abortion lobby). b an organized attempt by members of the public to
influence legislators (a lobby of MPs). 4 (prec. by the) (in the UK) a group
of journalists who receive unattributable briefings from the government (lobby
correspondent). --v. (-ies, -ied) 1 tr. solicit the support of (an influential
person). 2 tr. (of members of the public) seek to influence (the members
of a legislature). 3 intr. frequent a parliamentary lobby. 4 tr. (foll. by
through) get (a bill etc.) through a legislature, by interviews etc. in the
lobby. øølobbyer n. lobbyism n. lobbyist n. [med.L lobia, lobium LODGE]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
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.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
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
English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) 
lobby
ˈlɔbɪ n.
1 foyer, entrance-hall, vestibule, entry, US entry-way; reception (room or area),
waiting-room, corridor, hall, hallway: We were to meet in the main lobby of the arts centre.
2 special-interest group, pressure group, lobbyist: A powerful lobby has been formed to
influence farming legislation. --v.
3 (bring) pressure (to bear), (exert) influence, persuade, pull strings or wires, put
one's weight behind, sway, press, push, promote, urge, Brit pressurize: Environmentalists are
lobbying for a ban on fluorocarbons.
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 
120 Moby Thesaurus words for "lobby":
Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, act on, advocate, approach,
bad influence, bear upon, big wheel, blandish, cajole, call on,
call upon, coax, constitute, corridor, court, decree, draw,
draw on, eminence grise, enact, enact laws, entrance,
entrance hall, entranceway, entry, entryway, exert influence,
exhort, filibuster, five-percenter, foyer, friend at court,
galilee, get cozy with, get the floor, good influence,
gray eminence, hall, hallway, have the floor, heavyweight,
hidden hand, high-pressure, importune, influence,
influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, insist, insist upon,
jawbone, key, kill, kingmaker, lead on, legislate,
legislative lobby, lobby through, lobbyer, lobbyist, logroll,
lords of creation, magnetize, make advances, make overtures,
make up to, man of influence, manipulator, nag, narthex,
open sesame, ordain, parliamentary agent, pass, persuade,
pigeonhole, plead with, pocket, portal, portico, powers that be,
press, pressure, pressure group, promote, propylaeum, pull strings,
push, put in force, put through, railroad through, reception room,
recommend, registered lobbyist, roll logs, sinister influence,
soft-soap, special interests, special-interest group,
special-interest lobby, stoa, sway, sweet-talk, table,
take the floor, the Establishment, threshold, urge,
very important person, vestibule, veto, wheedle, wheeler-dealer,
wire-pull, wire-puller, work on, yield the floor
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