lobbies

Definition von lobbies im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: plural of lobby
gun lobbies: plural form of gun lobby
lobby: A class or group of people who try to lobby or influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists
The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
lobby: An entryway or reception area; vestibule
I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
lobby: {n} on opening before a room, antichamber
lobby: To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause
lobby: a group of people who try actively to influence legislation detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
lobby: The Bill will cross the lobbies Be sent from the House of Commons to the House of Lords
lobby: An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter- deck
lobby: 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
lobby: A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges
lobby: The act of a person or group of persons (lobbyists) seeking to present their views on an issue to the members of the legislature and its committees and working for the passage or defeat of proposed legislation
lobby: A group of persons engaged in trying to influence legislators or other public officials in favor of a specific cause
lobby: 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 Gun control advocates are lobbying hard for new laws + lobbying lob·by·ing The aid was frozen in June after intense lobbying by conservative Republicans
lobby: 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. lobbied lobbying lobbies to try to persuade the government or someone with political power that a law or situation should be changed lobby for/against
lobby: Bringing pressure on a government to do something for the benefit of a particular interest
lobby: {i} large hall or near the entrance to a building (especially in a hotel, theater, etc.); public entrance-hall alongside a legislative chamber; political action group
lobby: To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes
lobby: Seen as part of a citizens right to petition the government, lobbying involves activities aimed at influencing government officials to enact desired policies
lobby: trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard
lobby: A group or organization-sometimes called a "pressure group"-that seeks to influence legislation, administrative action, and/or public opinion Commercial and industrial interests, trade associations, labor unions, organizations representing ethnic and racial groups, professional networks, citizen organizations, and representatives of foreign concerns work to achieve their special interests A lobby's power to influence, however, often may be based not on the merits of its arguments, but on its size, its financial and membership resources, and the astuteness of its representatives
lobby: scouse (from lobscouse)
lobby: a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
lobby: {f} attempt to convince public officials to favor a certain cause or take a certain action
lobby: A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room
lobby: The class or group of people who try to lobby or influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists
lobby: The effort to influence legislation, most often by a paid agent of a special interest group
lobby: A group seeking to influence the passage or defeat of legislation Lobbying may include direct attempts to influence lawmakers through personal interviews and persuasion as well as indirect, or "grass-roots," influence such as persuading members of a group to write or visit their local elected officials or attempting to create a climate of opinion favorable to a desired legislative goal The right to attempt to influence legislation is based on the First Amendment to the Constitution, which says "Congress shall make no law…abridging the right of the people to petition the government for redress of grievances "
lobby: A group seeking to influence the passage or defeat of legislation Originally, the term referred to persons frequenting the lobbies or corridors of legislative chambers in order to speak to lawmakers
lobby: a large entrance or reception room or area
lobby: detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
lobby: 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
lobby: An entryway or waiting area; vestibule
lobby: 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; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency
lobby: A group of persons or an organization seeking to influence the passage or defeat of legislation A lobbyist is a person who represents a particular individual or group for the purpose of affecting the outcome of legislation To lobby Congress is to seek to influence the decisions of members of the House or Senate
lobby: To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill
lobby: entrance hall