lobby
noun
[ ˈlɒbi ]
• a room providing a space out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building.
• "they went into the hotel lobby"
Similar:
entrance hall,
hallway,
hall,
entrance,
vestibule,
foyer,
reception area,
outer room,
waiting room,
anteroom,
antechamber,
porch,
corridor,
passage,
passageway,
• (in the UK) any of several large halls in the Houses of Parliament in which MPs may meet members of the public.
• a group of people seeking to influence legislators on a particular issue.
• "members of the anti-abortion lobby"
Similar:
pressure group,
interest group,
interest,
movement,
campaign,
crusade,
lobbyists,
supporters,
faction,
camp,
bloc,
clique,
ginger group,
lobby
verb
• seek to influence (a legislator) on an issue.
• "they insist on their right to lobby Congress"
Similar:
seek to influence,
try to persuade,
bring pressure to bear on,
importune,
persuade,
influence,
sway,
petition,
solicit,
appeal to,
call on,
urge,
press,
pressure,
pressurize,
push,
campaign,
crusade,
drum up support,
speak,
clamour,
ask,
call,
drive,
promote,
advocate,
recommend,
speak/plead/argue in favour of,
champion,
insist on,
demand,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘monastic cloister’): from medieval Latin lobia, lobium ‘covered walk, portico’. The verb sense (originally US) derives from the practice of frequenting the lobby of a house of legislature to influence its members into supporting a cause.
