lobby
Other forms: lobbying; lobbies; lobbied
A lobby is a large waiting room or reception area. If you're waiting for an appointment in a lobby, maybe you'll get lucky and find a good magazine or even a peppermint candy.
You'll find a lot of people hanging around in a lobby — which is basically what it’s there for. A lobby is where you meet your friend at the hotel or catch the elevator for your interview. The idea of the "political lobby group" came from the large entrance halls of the legislature, where people hung around trying to influence the lawmakers. So the next time your class tries to lobby your teacher for extra credit, he can thank the halls of Congress.
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a large entrance or reception room or area
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synonyms:
antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule
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the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
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type of:
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people
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
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people
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a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
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synonyms:
pressure group, third house
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NRA, National Rifle Association
a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government
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political entity, political unit
a unit with political responsibilities
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NRA, National Rifle Association
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detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
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synonyms:
buttonhole
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President Obama held a press conference on January 5, 2016 where he announced that he will take Executive Action to extend and enforce gun control laws in an effort to curb gun violence. Whatever one thinks of the measure, the fact that the President is engaging in such action brings up interesting issues of the extent of presidential power and the state of governmental action or inaction. Here are 17 words from the president's speech.