Dictionary definition · lobby
noun
- a large entrance or reception room or area
- the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
verb
- 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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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).