lobby

Definitions

• An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
• That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
• A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
• (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
• (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
• A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
• A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.