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lobby

1. a room or corridor used as an entrance hall, vestibule, etc.

2. Chiefly Brit a hall in a legislative building used for meetings between the legislators and members of the public

3. Chiefly Brit one of two corridors in a legislative building in which members vote

4. a group of persons who attempt to influence legislators on behalf of a particular interest

lobby

A space at the entrance to a building, theater, etc.

Lobby

auxiliary premises in parliamentary and other government buildings, as well as in theaters and concert halls, designed for rest during breaks between sessions or during intermissions. Lobbies are also used for unofficial meetings and exchange of opinions and often serve as work areas for journalists. The expression “lobbying” characterizes behind-the-scenes deals made in capitalist legislative institutions by representatives of the ruling circles who are close to members of the institutions or to high government officials.

Lobby

the system of offices and agencies of the major monopolies assigned to legislative bodies of the USA. Lobbies exert direct pressure on legislators and state officials even to the point of bribery for the sake of the companies involved.

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No references found	Caswall was there, so she entered by the hall door, which as usual was open, and felt her way in the darkness up the staircase to the lobby of the room. The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context Now that the Beef Trust had adopted the trick of raising prices to induce enormous shipments of cattle, and then dropping them again and scooping in all they needed, a stock raiser was very apt to find himself in Chicago without money enough to pay his freight bill; and so he had to go to a cheap hotel, and it was no drawback to him if there was an agitator talking in the lobby. The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context I remember being in the lobby of the Haymarket Stores one day, and all round about me were dogs, waiting for the return of their owners, who were shopping inside. Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context	Lobachevskii's Method Lobachevskii, Nikolai Lobachevskii, Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky Lobachevsky, Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Nikolay Lobamba Loban Lobanov, Andrei Lobanov, Andrei Mikhailovich Lobanov, Pavel Lobanov, Pavel Pavlovich Lobanov-Rostovskii, Aleksei Lobanov-Rostovskii, Aleksei Borisovich Lobanov-Yamagata Protocol of 1896 lobar pneumonia lobar sclerosis Lobaria Lobashev, Mikhail Lobashev, Mikhail Efimovich Lobashev, Vladimir Lobashev, Vladimir Mikhailovich Lobata lobate lobate rill mark Lobby lobbying lobbyist lobe lobe length lobe penetration lobe switching lobe-half-power width lobectomy lobed arch lobed impeller meter lobefin lobefin fish Lobelia lobelia family Lobeline Lobengula Lobi lobing Lobito loblolly pine Lobnia Lobnoe Mesto Loboda, Grigorii Loboda, Petr Loboda, Petr Grigorevich	lobation lobation lobation lobations lobations lobations Lobatomy Lobatomy Lobatomy lobbed lobbed lobber lobber Lobbie Lobbie Lobbie Lobbie lobbied lobbied lobbied lobbied lobbied lobbies lobbies lobbies lobbies lobbies lobbing lobbing Lobbish Lobby Lobby (politics) Lobby (politics) Lobby (politics) Lobby (politics) lobby against lobby for Lobby for the Individual Freedom and Equality Lobby group Lobby group Lobby group Lobby groups Lobby groups Lobby groups Lobby groups Lobby member lobbyer lobbyer lobbyer lobbyer lobbyer lobbying lobbying lobbying lobbying lobbying lobbying lobbying expense Lobbying group Lobbying group Lobbying group

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Caswall was there, so she entered by the hall door, which as usual was open, and felt her way in the darkness up the staircase to the lobby of the room.

The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context

Now that the Beef Trust had adopted the trick of raising prices to induce enormous shipments of cattle, and then dropping them again and scooping in all they needed, a stock raiser was very apt to find himself in Chicago without money enough to pay his freight bill; and so he had to go to a cheap hotel, and it was no drawback to him if there was an agitator talking in the lobby.

The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context

I remember being in the lobby of the Haymarket Stores one day, and all round about me were dogs, waiting for the return of their owners, who were shopping inside.

Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context

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