the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
source: WordNet 3.0
a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
source: WordNet 3.0
A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.
source: Webster 1913
verb
detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
source: WordNet 3.0
To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes.
source: Webster 1913
To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill.
