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plural lobbies
An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor. examples
That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly. examples
(politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists. examples
(video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game. examples
(nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck. examples
A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard. examples
A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi. examples
A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators. quotations examples
Ranger Leslie Thompson, assigned to elevator duty, brought the elevator to the surface about 12:30 to bring down the tourists who were in the lobby of the elevator tower at that time.
2005, Charles R. "Butch" Farabee Jr., Death, Daring, and Disaster (page 135)
third-person singular simple present lobbies, present participle lobbying, simple past and past participle lobbied
(intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause. quotations examples
The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
2002, Jim Hightower, in Wikiquote
Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Yeah, it's not a big deal. I lobbied for fuel-cell technology on Capitol Hill. I'm friends with Sandy Bullock, really good friends. Who cares? It's not a pissing contest, right, J?
2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
uncountable
(West Midlands) lobscouse examples