Lobby vs. Foyer

Lobbynoun

An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.

Lobbynoun

That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.

Lobbynoun

A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.

Lobbynoun

(video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.

Lobbynoun

(nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

Lobbynoun

A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.

Lobbynoun

A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.

Lobbyverb

To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

Lobbynoun

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.

Lobbynoun

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;

Lobbynoun

An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

Lobbynoun

A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.

Lobbyverb

To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes; in an extended sense, to try to influence decision-makers in any circumstance.

Lobbyverb

To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill; - also used with the legislators as object; as, to lobby the state legislatuire for protection.

Lobbynoun

a large entrance or reception room or area

Lobbynoun

a group of people who try actively to influence legislation

Lobbyverb

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

Foyernoun

A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.

Foyernoun

The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.

Foyernoun

(UK) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.

Foyernoun

A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.

Foyernoun

The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.

Foyernoun

a large entrance or reception room or area