Lobby
noun — Plural: Lobbies
- 1.
- (an entrance hall used as a waiting room a body of people engaged in lobbying for a particular cause, the corridor in the House of Commons to which members retire to vote on a division) ល្វែងក្រៅ hotel lobby របៀង (កន្លែងទទួលភៀវនៅក្នុងសណ្ឋាគារ), political lobby ក្រុមអ្នកតវ៉ាមួយ
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការបញ្ចុះបញ្ចូល, ក្រុមបញ្ចុះបញ្ចូលសភា, សាលប្រជុំ
verb — past tense: lobbied ; past participle: lobbied ; present participle: lobbying ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to frequent the lobby. to try to get legislators to vote for or against (a measure) by lobbying) តវ៉ាបញ្ចុះបញ្ចូលសមាជិកសភាអោយជួយគាំទ្រអ្វីមួយ
Example: A hotel lobby, Many groups are lobbying against an increase in gasoline prices. - 2.
- នាំបញ្ចុះបញ្ចូល
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Lobbies
- 1.
- 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.
- 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; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency.
- 3.
- An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
- 4.
- A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
verb — past tense: lobbied ; past participle: lobbied ; present participle: lobbying ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill.