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Lobby
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- 1 An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
"I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor."
- 2 lobscouse West-Midlands, uncountable
"My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night."
- 3 a large entrance or reception room or area wordnet
- 4 That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
- 5 an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying wordnet
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- 6 A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
"Near-synonym: special interest"
- 7 the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest wordnet
- 8 A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
- 9 A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
- 10 An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
- 11 A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
"Near-synonyms: cowyard, paddock"
- 12 A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
- 13 A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
"Ranger Leslie Thompson, assigned to elevator duty, brought the elevator to the surface about 12:30 to bring down the tourists who were in the lobby of the elevator tower at that time."
- 1 To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause. intransitive, transitive
"For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion."
- 2 detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors wordnet
Etymology
From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”), related to Old English lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of leaf, lodge, and loggia. Political sense derives from the entrance hall of legislatures, where people traditionally tried to influence legislators because it was the most convenient place to meet them.
From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”), related to Old English lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of leaf, lodge, and loggia. Political sense derives from the entrance hall of legislatures, where people traditionally tried to influence legislators because it was the most convenient place to meet them.
Shortened from lobscouse.
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