Legal Definition and Related Resources of Lobby
Meaning of Lobby
Synonyms of Lobby
noun
- active partisans
- active reformers
- active supporters
- activists
- advocates
- agitators
- influencers
- influential persons
- persuaders
- petitioners
- pressure group
- reformers
- special interest group
- special interests
- zealous advocates
verb
- actively represent
- actuate
- advance
- arouse
- bring pressure to bear
- defend
- effect
- encourage
- enlist
- espouse
- exercise influence
- exert influence
- exert pressure
- incline
- induce
- influence
- inspirit
- instigate
- motivate
- negotiate
- personally solicit
- persuade
- press
- pressure
- procure
- promote
- provoke
- pull strings
- put pressure on
- represent
- request
- solicit
- solicit votes
- sway
- urge
- use one’s influence
- work on
- Associated Concepts: lobbyists
- registration laws
- special interest groups
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Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Lobby
(You may find lobby at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
1550s, “cloister, covered walk,” from Medieval Latin laubia, lobia “covered walk in a monastery,” from a Germanic source (compare Old High German louba “hall, roof;” see lodge; this term is also a noun.). Meaning “large entrance hall in a public building” is from 1590s; in reference to the House of Commons from 1630s. Political sense of “those who seek to influence legislation” is attested by 1790s in American English, in reference to the custom of influence-seekers gathering in the large entrance-halls outside legislative chambers.
Grammar
This term is a verb.
Etimology of Lobby
(You may find lobby at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
seek to influence legislation (originally by frequenting the lobby of a legislature, to solicit members), 1826, American English, from lobby; this term is also a noun. in the political sense. Related: Lobbied; lobbying.
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