lobby (lobbies plural & 3rd person present) (lobbying present participle) (lobbied past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you lobby someone such as a member of a government or council, you try to persuade them that a particular law should be changed or that a particular thing should be done.
Carers from all over the UK lobbied Parliament last week to demand a better financial deal... V n
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lobbying n-uncount
The aid was frozen in June after intense lobbying by conservative Republicans.
2 n-count A lobby is a group of people who represent a particular organization or campaign, and try to persuade a government or council to help or support them.
He set up this lobby of independent producers.
3 n-count In a hotel or other large building, the lobby is the area near the entrance that usually has corridors and staircases leading off it.
I met her in the lobby of the museum.