lobby

Meanings

Noun

• a large entrance or reception room or area
• the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
• a group of people who try actively to influence legislation

Verb

• detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

Synonyms

antechamber, anteroom, buttonhole, entrance hall, foyer, hall, pressure group, third house, vestibule