lobby Definition

lobby
noun lobbies

1. A small entrance hall, passage or waiting-room from which several rooms open.

Thesaurus: anteroom, vestibule, entrance hall, entrance way, hall, hallway, passage, porch.
2. A common entrance giving access to several flats or apartments.
3. An antechamber of a legislative hall.
(Brit)
4. Either of two corridors in the House of Commons that members pass into when they vote.

Form: division lobby (also)
(Brit)
5. A hall in the House of Commons where members of the public meet politicians.
6. A group of people who try to influence the Government, politicians, legislators, etc to favour their particular cause.
7. The particular cause that such a group tries to promote.

verb lobbied, lobbying

1. To try to influence (the Government, politicians, legislators, etc) to favour a particular cause.
intr
2. To frequent the lobby in order to influence members or to collect political information.
intr
3. To conduct a campaign in order to influence public officials.

Derivative: lobbying
noun

Derivative: lobbyist
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin lobia covered walk or cloister.