Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - lobby
Lobby
lobby
n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a porch, ante-room, entrance-hall, or corridor. 2 a (in the House of Commons) a large hall used esp. for interviews between MPs and members of the public. b (also division lobby) each of two corridors to which MPs retire to vote. 3 a a body of persons seeking to influence legislators on behalf of a particular interest (the anti-abortion lobby). b an organized attempt by members of the public to influence legislators (a lobby of MPs). 4 (prec. by the) (in the UK) a group of journalists who receive unattributable briefings from the government (lobby correspondent). --v. (-ies, -ied) 1 tr. solicit the support of (an influential person). 2 tr. (of members of the public) seek to influence (the members of a legislature). 3 intr. frequent a parliamentary lobby. 4 tr. (foll. by through) get (a bill etc.) through a legislature, by interviews etc. in the lobby. Derivatives lobbyer n. lobbyism n. lobbyist n. Etymology: med.L lobia, lobium LODGE
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I. noun (plural lobbies) Etymology: Medieval Latin lobium gallery, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German louba porch Date: 1593 a corridor or hall connected with a larger room or series of rooms and used as a passageway or waiting room: as, an anteroom of a legislative chamber, a large hall serving as a foyer (as of a hotel or theater), a group of persons engaged in ~ing especially as representatives of a particular interest group, II. verb (lobbied; ~ing) Date: 1837 intransitive verb to conduct activities aimed at influencing public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation, transitive verb to promote (as a project) or secure the passage of (as legislation) by influencing public officials, to attempt to influence or sway (as a public official) toward a desired action, ~er noun ~ism noun ~ist noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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