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Definition of lobby noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
7 meanings: 1. a room or corridor used as an entrance hall, vestibule, etc 2. mainly British a hall in a legislative building.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of lobby noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Word Origin mid 16th cent. (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.
lobby (somebody) (for/against something) to try to influence a politician or the government and, for example, persuade them to support or oppose a change in the law. Farmers will lobby Congress for higher subsidies. Women's groups are lobbying to get more public money for children.
Definition of lobby verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
lobby (somebody) (for/against something) to try to influence a politician or the government and, for example, persuade them to support or oppose a change in the law. Farmers will lobby Congress for higher subsidies. Women's groups are lobbying to get more public money for children.
