n.
(pl. lobbies)
- a room out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building.
- (in the UK) any of several large halls in the Houses of Parliament in which MPs may meet members of the public.
▸
(also division lobby)
each of two corridors in the Houses of Parliament to which MPs retire to vote.
- a group of people seeking to influence legislators on a particular issue.
▸an organized attempt by members of the public to influence legislators.
v.
(lobbies, lobbying, lobbied)
seek to influence (a legislator).
Derivative
Etymology
C16 (in the sense ‘monastic cloister’): from med. L. lobia, lobium ‘covered walk’.