Word: Lobbying
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Noun
Definitions:
1. 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.
Example sentences: "They went into the hotel lobby"
2. (in the UK) any of several large halls in the Houses of Parliament in which MPs may meet members of the public.
Example sentences: "The meeting also decided to ban smoking in the Central Hall and lobbies of Parliament in the light of a Supreme Court order against smoking at all public places in the country."
3. A group of people seeking to influence legislators on a particular issue.
Example sentences: "Members of the anti-abortion lobby"
Verb
Definitions:
1. Seek to influence (a legislator) on an issue.
Example sentences: "They insist on their right to lobby Congress"
Synonyms:
lobbyism
Derivations:
lobbied
lobby
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Lobbying in Other Languages...
Spanish:
German: Lobbyarbeit
French:
Italian: Lobbismo
Turkish: Lobicilik
