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Lobby

noun

(pl. lobbies)

A large entrance or reception room or area. Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule.

The people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest.

A group of people who try actively to influence legislation. Synonyms: pressure group, third house.

verb

(past & past part. lobbied; pres. part. lobbying)

Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors. Synonym: buttonhole.

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"Lobby" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the population is engaged in subsistence agriculture, which is vulnerable to harsh climatic conditions. Cotton is the key crop and the government has joined with other cotton producing countries in the region to lobby for improved access to Western markets. GDP growth has largely been driven by increases in world cotton prices. Industry remains dominated by unprofitable government-controlled corporations. Following the African franc currency ...

— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... in the shade, Most gentle of all houris; Bright Carry in the lobby played With a pair ...

— Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse • Richard Doddridge Blackmore

... among that class of corporations that sought knowledge of the law and not opinions as to how it might be corrupted. They came to him to carry their cases through the courts, and not through the legislatures via the lobby. Therefore, he was not what is commonly called a corporation lawyer. He never drew bills designed to conceal franchise grabs or tax evasions, or crooked contracts with dummies in subsidiary corporations organized to bleed a mother concern of its profits. Some laws not on the books governed him in ...

— Cupid's Middleman • Edward B. Lent

... rubbed a speck off one of his finger nails and glanced sidewise at a tall man in a white hat sitting in the lobby. That man came over and asked me politely if I had seen the shrubbery at the west entrance. I had not, so he showed it to me and ...

— Sixes and Sevens • O. Henry

... year. This tempting bait was supplemented by influences brought to bear upon the venal section of the press and of the legislature. A proposal for the necessary constitutional change was vetoed by Governor Nicholls. Having pushed their bill once more through the House, the lottery lobby contended that a proposal for a constitutional amendment did not require the governor's signature, but only to be submitted to the people, a position which was affirmed by the State Supreme Court. A fierce battle followed in the State, the "anti" Democrats ...

— History of the United States, Volume 5 • E. Benjamin Andrews

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