LOBBY

anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule

(noun) a large entrance or reception room or area

lobby

(noun) the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest

lobby, buttonhole

(verb) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

lobby (plural lobbies)

An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.

That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.

A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.

(video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.

(nautical) 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.

A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.

Verb

lobby (third-person singular simple present lobbies, present participle lobbying, simple past and past participle lobbied)

(intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

Etymology 2

Noun

lobby (uncountable)

(informal) scouse (from lobscouse)

• My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.

Source: Wiktionary

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Lob"by, n.; pl. Lobbies. Etym: [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG.louba, G. laube, arbor. See Lodge.]

1. (Arch.)

Definition: 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; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency. [U.S.]

3. (Naut.)

Definition: An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

4. (Agric.)

Definition: A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard. Lobby member, a lobbyist. [Humorous cant, U. S.]

Lob"by, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lobbied; p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbying.]

Definition: To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes.[U.S.] Bartlett.

Lob"by, v. t.

Definition: To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill. [U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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