Princeton's WordNet

1. anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule(noun)

   a large entrance or reception room or area

2. lobby(noun)

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

3. lobby, pressure group, third house(verb)

   a group of people who try actively to influence legislation

4. lobby, buttonhole(verb)

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

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. lobby(noun)ˈlɒb i

   a large area near the entrance in a hotel, office building, etc.

   Meet me in the lobby in ten minutes.

2. lobbyˈlɒb i

   a group that tries to persuade politicians to change sth

   the anti-abortion lobby

3. lobby(verb)ˈlɒb i

   to try to persuade politicians to change sth

   They are lobbying for tax reform.; Lobby your state representatives.

Wiktionary

1. lobby(Noun)

   scouse (from lobscouse)

Webster Dictionary

1. Lobby(noun)

   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. Lobby(noun)

   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

3. Lobby(noun)

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

4. Lobby(noun)

   a confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard

5. Lobby(verb)

   to address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes

6. Lobby(verb)

   to urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill

• voorportaalAfrikaans
• صالة الدُّخول والإنتِظار في الفُندُقArabic
• преддвериеBulgarian
• hall de entradaPortuguese (BR)
• hala, vestibulCzech
• die VorhalleGerman
• lobbyDanish
• προθάλαμος, αίθουσα αναμονής, είσοδοςGreek
• vestíbuloSpanish
• vestibüülEstonian
• تسالن ورودی؛ سالن انتظارFarsi
• aulaFinnish
• hallFrench
• לוֹבִּיHebrew
• प्रतीक्षा-कक्षHindi
• predvorje hotelaCroatian
• előcsarnok, hallHungarian
• lobiIndonesian
• forsalur, anddyriIcelandic
• ingresso, hallItalian
• ロビーJapanese
• 로비Korean
• vestibiulisLithuanian
• priekštelpa; foajē; vestibilsLatvian
• lobiMalay
• halDutch
• vestibyle, foajé, entréNorwegian
• hall, westybulPolish
• سالن ورودی؛ سالن انتظارPersian
• كورنى يا داخلى د انتظار خونهPashto
• átrioPortuguese
• vestibul, anti­ca­merăRomanian
• вестибюльRussian
• hala, vestibulSlovak
• sprejemna dvoranaSlovenian
• predvorjeSerbian
• vestibul, lobby, foajéSwedish
• ห้องโถงThai
• antre, lobiTurkish
• 門廳Chinese (Trad.)
• вестибюль; фойєUkrainian
• پیش گاہUrdu
• hành langVietnamese
• 门厅Chinese (Simp.)