lobby
11lobby — [läb′ē] n. pl. lobbies [LL lobia: see LODGE] 1. a hall or large anteroom, as a waiting room or vestibule of an apartment house, hotel, theater, etc. 2. a large hall adjacent to the assembly hall of a legislature and open to the public ☆ 3. a… …
12Lobby — Lob by, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lobbied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lobbying}.] To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes; in an extended sense, to try to influence decision… …
13lobby — Voz inglesa que puede sustituirse en español por términos o expresiones de sentido equivalente: a) Cuando significa ‘grupo de personas influyentes, organizado para presionar en favor de determinados intereses’, puede sustituirse por grupo de… …
14Lobby — »Wandelhalle im ‹britischen, amerikanischen› Parlamentsgebäude (wo Parlamentarier und Vertreter bestimmter Interessengruppen zusammentreffen); Interessengruppe, die die Entscheidung von Parlamentariern zu beeinflussen versucht«: Das Fremdwort… …
15lobby — [n] entrance hall antechamber, corridor, doorway, foyer, gateway, hall, hallway, passage, passageway, porch, vestibule, waiting room; concepts 441,448 lobby [v] press for political action advance, affect, alter, bill, billboard*, boost, bring… …
16lobby — ► NOUN (pl. lobbies) 1) a room out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically forming a small entrance hall. 2) (in the UK) any of several large halls in the Houses of Parliament in which MPs meet members of the public. 3)… …
17lobby — / lɒbi/, it. / lɔb:i/ s. ingl. [dal lat. tardo laubia, propr. loggia, tribuna ], usato in ital. al femm. (polit.) [gruppo di persone che, pur non detenendo il potere politico, è in grado di influenzare chi lo esercita per il prestigio di cui gode …
18lobby — (n.) 1530s, cloister, covered walk, from M.L. laubia, lobia covered walk in a monastery, from a Germanic source (Cf. O.H.G. louba hall, roof; see LODGE (Cf. lodge) (n.)). Meaning large entrance hall in a public building is from 1590s. Political… …
19lobby — |lóbi| s. m. Ver lóbi. ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …
20lobby — /ˈlɔbbi, ingl. ˈlHbɪ/ [vc. ingl., dal lat. mediev. laubia «loggia»] s. f. inv. gruppo di pressione □ (spreg.) consorteria, conventicola, camarilla …
