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lobby

('l/A/b/i/ )

a large entrance or reception room or area(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule

source: wordnet30
the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest(noun.group)

source: wordnet30
a group of people who try actively to influence legislation(noun.group)

Synonym:
pressure group, third house

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors(verb.social)

Synonym:
buttonhole

source: wordnet30
To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes.(verb)

source: webster1913
To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill.(verb)

source: webster1913

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