Lobby
Definition of Lobby
Lob´by | n. | 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; | | 3. | (Naut.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck. | | 4. | (Agric.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard. | | v. i. | 1. | To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes; in an extended sense, to try to influence decision-makers in any circumstance. | | v. t. | 1. | To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill; - also used with the legislators as object; as, to lobby the state legislatuire for protection. |
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