Noun: lobby
| Singular | lobby |
| Plural | lobbies |
Sample Sentences
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I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.
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Near-synonym: special interest
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The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.
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Near-synonyms: cowyard, paddock
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Ranger Leslie Thompson, assigned to elevator duty, brought the elevator to the surface about 12:30 to bring down the tourists who were in the lobby of the elevator tower at that time. [2005, Charles R. "Butch" Farabee Jr., Death, Daring, and Disaster (page 135)]
Nouns inflected like lobby
clitoridectomy,
royal jelly,
whoopsy,
surrogacy,
urinary,
rastrography,
renoscopy,
sourtop blueberry,
forcible entry,
superficiary,
lipidosity,
potability,
phonography,
hyperproperty,
greenery,
conjugality,
ring singularity,
Brittany,
ignobility,
obscurity, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”), related to Old English lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of leaf, lodge, and loggia.
2. Political sense derives from the entrance hall of legislatures, where people traditionally tried to influence legislators because it was the most convenient place to meet them.
Verbs referencing "lobby"
French Nouns
lobby, Swedish Nouns
lobby, German Nouns
Lobby, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
lobbyvirksomhet, Hungarian Nouns
lobbi.