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Meaning of 'lobby'
Meaning of 'lobby' (Webster Dictionary)
1. 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. [ 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.
- An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
- A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
2. Lobby [ v. i.]
- To address or solicit members of a legislative body in
the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes. [ v. i.]3. Lobby [ v. t.]
- To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members
of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill. [ v. t.]See 'lobby' also in:
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