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lobby
(mass) | lobby
- ovplyvňovať, predsieň |
lobby
(encz) | lobby,foyer n: web |
lobby
(encz) | lobby,hala Zdeněk Brož |
lobby
(encz) | lobby,kuloár n: Zdeněk Brož |
lobby
(encz) | lobby,lobby Zdeněk Brož |
lobby
(encz) | lobby,lobovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
lobby
(encz) | lobby,nátlakový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
lobby
(encz) | lobby,ovlivňovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
lobby
(encz) | lobby,předsíň Zdeněk Brož |
lobby
(encz) | lobby,vestibul n: Zdeněk Brož |
lobby
(czen) | lobby,lobby Zdeněk Brož |
Lobby
(gcide) | Lobby \Lob"by\, n.; pl. Lobbies. [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a
covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube,
arbor. See Lodge.]
1. (Arch.) 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.
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2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the
official use of the assembly; hence, the persons,
collectively, who frequent such a place to transact
business with the legislators; hence: any persons, not
members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its
proceedings by personal agency; a group of lobbyists for a
particular cause; as, the drug industry lobby. [U. S.]
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3. (Naut.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an
old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
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4. (Agric.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges.
trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
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Lobby member, a lobbyist. [Humorous cant, U. S.]
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Lobby
(gcide) | Lobby \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-makers in any circumstance. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
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Lobby
(gcide) | Lobby \Lob"by\, v. t.
To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a
legislative body; as, to lobby a bill; -- also used with the
legislators as object; as, to lobby the state legislatuire
for protection. [U.S.]
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lobby
(wn) | lobby
n 1: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn:
anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall,
foyer, lobby, vestibule]
2: the people who support some common cause or business or
principle or sectional interest
3: a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
[syn: lobby, pressure group, third house]
v 1: detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the
outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
[syn: lobby, buttonhole] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
lobbying
(encz) | lobbying,lobující adj: Zdeněk Brožlobbying,ovlivňující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
lobbying expense
(encz) | lobbying expense, n: |
lobbyist
(encz) | lobbyist,lobbista Jaroslav Šedivý |
Lobby
(gcide) | Lobby \Lob"by\, n.; pl. Lobbies. [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a
covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube,
arbor. See Lodge.]
1. (Arch.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the
official use of the assembly; hence, the persons,
collectively, who frequent such a place to transact
business with the legislators; hence: any persons, not
members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its
proceedings by personal agency; a group of lobbyists for a
particular cause; as, the drug industry lobby. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. (Naut.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an
old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
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4. (Agric.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges.
trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
[1913 Webster]
Lobby member, a lobbyist. [Humorous cant, U. S.]
[1913 Webster]Lobby \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-makers in any circumstance. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]Lobby \Lob"by\, v. t.
To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a
legislative body; as, to lobby a bill; -- also used with the
legislators as object; as, to lobby the state legislatuire
for protection. [U.S.]
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Lobby member
(gcide) | Lobby \Lob"by\, n.; pl. Lobbies. [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a
covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube,
arbor. See Lodge.]
1. (Arch.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the
official use of the assembly; hence, the persons,
collectively, who frequent such a place to transact
business with the legislators; hence: any persons, not
members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its
proceedings by personal agency; a group of lobbyists for a
particular cause; as, the drug industry lobby. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. (Naut.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an
old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
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4. (Agric.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges.
trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
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Lobby member, a lobbyist. [Humorous cant, U. S.]
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Lobbying
(gcide) | Lobby \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-makers in any circumstance. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
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Lobbyist
(gcide) | Lobbyist \Lob"by*ist\, n.
A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a
legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation.
[U.S.]
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lobbying expense
(wn) | lobbying expense
n 1: expenses incurred in promoting or evaluating legislation;
"many lobbying expenses are deductible by a taxpayer" |
lobbyism
(wn) | lobbyism
n 1: the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist |
lobbyist
(wn) | lobbyist
n 1: someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for
legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer |
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