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What does lobby mean?

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ˈlɒb ilob·by

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word lobby.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibulenoun

    a large entrance or reception room or area

  2. lobbynoun

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

  3. lobby, pressure group, third houseverb

    a group of people who try actively to influence legislation

  4. lobby, buttonholeverb

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

Wiktionary

  1. lobbynoun

    scouse (from lobscouse)

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lobbynoun

    An opening before a room.

    Etymology: laube, German.

    His lobbies fill with ’tendance,
    Rain sacrificial whisp’rings in his ear,
    Make sacred even his stirrop. William Shakespeare, Tim. of Athens.

    Before the duke’s rising from the table, he stood expecting till he should pass through a kind of lobby between that room and the next, where were divers attending him. Henry Wotton.

    Try your back stairs, and let the lobby wait,
    A stratagem in war is no deceit. William King, Horace.

ChatGPT

  1. lobby

    A lobby is a room or area in a building like a hotel or theater used for waiting, hanging out, or transitional space. It is also the act of seeking to influence a politician or public official on a particular issue, or a group or organization involved in such practice.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lobbynoun

    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. Lobbynoun

    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. Lobbynoun

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

  4. Lobbynoun

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

  5. Lobbyverb

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

  6. Lobbyverb

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

  7. Etymology: [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor. See Lodge.]

Wikidata

  1. Lobby

    A lobby is a room in a building which is used for entry from the outside. Sometimes referred to as a foyer or an entrance hall. Many office buildings, hotels and skyscrapers go to great lengths to decorate their lobbies to create the right impression and convey an image, or "power lobby". Since the mid-1980s there has been a growing trend to think of lobbies as more than just ways to get from the door to the elevator, but instead as social spaces and places of commerce. Some research has even been done to develop scales to measure lobby atmosphere in order to improve hotel lobby design. Many places that offer public services, such as a doctor's office, use their lobbies as more of a waiting room for the people waiting for a certain service. In these types of lobbies it is common for there to be comfortable furniture, such as couches and lounge chairs, so that the customer will be able to wait in comfort. Also, there may be television sets, books, and/or magazines to help the customer pass time as they wait to be served. Supertall skyscrapers can often have one or more of what is known as a sky lobby, which is an intermediate floor where people can change from an express elevator that stops only at the sky lobby to a local elevator which stops at every floor within a segment of the building.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lobby

    lob′i, n. a small hall or waiting-room: a passage serving as a common entrance to several apartments: the ante-chamber of a legislative hall, frequented by outsiders for the purpose of influencing votes.—ns. Lobb′ying, frequenting the lobby to collect political intelligence, &c.; Lobb′yist, Lobb′y-mem′ber, a journalist, &c., who frequents a lobby in the interest of some cause or of a newspaper. [Low L. lobia—Middle High Ger. loube (Ger. laube), a portico, arbour—laub, a leaf.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. lobby

    A name sometimes given to an apartment close before the great cabin bulk-head.

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'lobby' in Nouns Frequency: #2847

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lobby in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lobby in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of lobby in a Sentence

  1. Natascha Engel:

    We are choosing to listen to a powerful environmental lobby campaigning against fracking rather than allowing science and evidence to guide our policy making. By staying silent, we are in danger of pandering to what we know to be myths and scare stories.

  2. Kevin Galer:

    The FBI is conducting deeper analyses of toxicological results, the statement said, warning that conclusions may take up to a month and urging patience during this process. PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN DIED AT SAME DOMINICAN RESORT COMPLEX FIVE DAYS BEFORE MARYLAND COUPLE IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES The bureau is conducting its analysis of toxicology results for three of the six U.S. tourists in the agencys Quantico Virginia labs, according to CBS News. The three casesappear to be the most recent deaths, which occurred within five days in May at Bahia Principe resorts that are nearly adjacent to each other in La Romana.Miranda Schaup-Werner of Allentown, Penn. collapsed and died on May 25 after having a drink from herrooms mini bar. Five days later, on May 30, a Maryland couple, Edward Holmes and Cynthia Day, were found dead in their room. Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization were also assisting in trying to find what caused the deaths of the tourists. Dominican officials said that the agencies were conducting health and epidemiological inspections of resorts, though it was not clear which ones. CALIFORNIA MAN DIED IN APRIL AT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESORT AFTER DRINK FROM HOTEL ROOM MINIBAR, FAMILY SAYS Dominican authorities and resort officials have sought to downplay the significance of the deaths, suggesting that the tourists had died of natural causes. But preliminary results they reported that pointed at similar conditions, such as pulmonary edema -- where the lungs fill with fluid -- and heart attacks in some cases, prompted relatives to raise doubts and a lack of trust that they were being told the truth. Meanwhile, following news that at least two U.S. tourists who stayed at their resort suddenly fell critically ill in their rooms and died in the last 12 months, the Hard Rock Hotel Casino Punta Cana issued a public statement acknowledging the two tragedies and seeking to reassure the public that it is tightening oversight. The spotlight on deaths of tourists broadened from the Bahia Principe resort group to the Hard Rock hotel after news that Robert Wallace of California died there in April after abruptly falling ill, and that last year David Harrison of Maryland also died suddenly. In a statement to Fox News, hotel officials said they are deeply saddened by these two unfortunate incidents, and weextend our sincerest sympathy tothe families of Mr. Harrison and Mr. Wallace.We are currently waiting for official reports regarding these deaths. MARYLAND COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HOTEL ROOM Fox News asked Hard Rock representatives on Sunday to comment on the two deaths, and to identify the companies they use to stock their minibars. Their statement did not answer the second question. We can assure you, the safety andhealth of our guestsis now, andhas always been our highest priority, the Hard Rock statement said. We currentlyimplementbeverage protocols, including purchasing sealed and unopenedproducts from licensed and reputable vendors, as well as dailyinspections ofall products served throughout the hotel bars and in-room liquor dispensers. Additionally, our team members are trained toinspect all supplies, equipmentand products that enter the property, it said. Of course, we will continue toevaluate and recalibrate our protocolsto strengthen and enhance guest safety. Hotel officials have not responded to a follow-up question by Fox News about when they implemented the protocol they described as their current one. Fox News has received scores of emails from people who say they fell critically ill after having a drink at the hotel or from the minibar in their room. Several had stayed at Hard Rock resort. Asked to comment on the Hard Rocks statement, they expressed skepticism. NY WOMAN CLAIMS SHE DRANK SODA BOTTLE FILLED WITH BLEACH AT SAME DOMINICAN RESORT WHERE 3 AMERICANS DIED On every occasion when I ordered drinks from the pool bar, the hotel lobby or casino bar the brand of liquor that I ordered was not served, several times I ordered Titos and soda for my wife and watched them pour the drink from a Titos bottle knowing 100 percent it was not Titos in that bottle.The same thing happened when I ordered a Johnnie Walker Black Label neat that was on display on the back bar shelf.The bartender grabbed the bottle, poured me the drink and what I received was a very low end, watered down tasting whiskey that was definitely not Johnnie Walker.

  3. President Biden:

    As a nation, we have to ask, when in God's name will we stand up to the gun lobby. When in God's name will we do what we know what has to be done... I am sick and tired of it. We have to act and don't tell me we can't have an impact on this carnage.

  4. Laurie Graham:

    I went to the lobby of the hotel, received the order. It was completely sealed and packaged. I got upstairs and we began to eat our food, and my husband was eating his fettuccine alfredo, and he took a bite and he thought it was hard chicken or some overcooked cheese and come to find out, it was a latex glove that had been melted into the food.

  5. Rudy Giuliani:

    I don't represent foreign governments in front of the US government. I've never registered to lobby.

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