lobby
English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old French *lobie, from Medieval Latin lobium, lobia, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”).
Related to Old English lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of lodge and loggia.
Political sense derives from the entrance hall of legislatures, where people traditionally tried to influence legislators because it was the most convenient place to meet them.
Noun edit
lobby (plural lobbies)
- An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
- I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
- That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
- (politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
- The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
- (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
- (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
- A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
- A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
- A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
- 2005, Charles R. "Butch" Farabee Jr., Death, Daring, and Disaster (page 135)
- 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)
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Descendants edit
- → Armenian: լոբբի (lobbi)
- → Catalan: lobby
- → Danish: lobby
- → Dutch: lobby
- → French: lobby
- → German: Lobby
- → Italian: lobby
- → Japanese: ロビー (robī)
- → Korean: 로비 (robi)
- → Macedonian: лоби (lobi)
- → Polish: lobby
- → Portuguese: lóbi, lobby (unadapted spelling)
- → Russian: ло́бби (lóbbi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovene: lobi
- → Spanish: lobby
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Verb edit
lobby (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.
- For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.
- 2002, Jim Hightower, in Wikiquote
- The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
- 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?
- 2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
- 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.
- 2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 45:
- "We're still at only 80% [of pre-pandemic passenger numbers], but it's great news that Southeastern put some more trains in the timetable from December," Perry explains. "We worked very closely with Southeastern to lobby government and stakeholders to increase the timetable.
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Etymology 2 edit
Shortened from lobscouse.
Noun edit
lobby (uncountable)
- (West Midlands) lobscouse
- My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.
Further reading edit
- “lobby”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “lobby”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “lobby”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French edit
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lobby m (plural lobbies)
- lobby (hall)
- lobby (advocacy group)
- Synonym: groupe de pression
Further reading edit
- “lobby”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English lobby.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lobby f (invariable)
- lobby (group of people; hall of a bank)
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Further reading edit
- lobby in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English lobby. Doublet of lodżia, loggia, and loża.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lobby n (indeclinable)
Derived terms edit
- lobbować impf
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English lobby.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lobby m (plural lobbies)
- Alternative spelling of lóbi
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English lobby.
Noun edit
lobby n (uncountable)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English lobby. Doublet of lonja.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- lobby (group of people who try to influence public officials)
- Synonyms: grupo de presión, (Latin America) grupo de cabildeo
- lobby (entryway or reception area)
- Synonym: vestíbulo
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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References edit
- ^ RAEinforma (2013 June 10) “@RuvnJS #RAEconsultas Puesto que se trata de un extranjerismo crudo (no adaptado), debe usarse el plural inglés: lobbies (en cursiva).”, in Twitter[1] (in Spanish), retrieved 6 January 2024
Further reading edit
- “lobby”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
lobby c
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Declension of lobby | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lobby | lobbyn | lobbyer | lobbyerna |
Genitive | lobbys | lobbyns | lobbyers | lobbyernas |