lobby
Definition
- n. the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- n. a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
- v. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
Word forms
- Present participle
- lobbying
- Past participle
- lobbied
- Past tense
- lobbied
- Third person singular
- lobbies
Example sentences
n.
We waited in the hotel lobby for our friends to arrive.
vi.
Many organizations lobby for environmental protection laws.
vt.
She decided to lobby her senator about healthcare reforms.