Lobby vs. Gallery
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
Gallerynoun
An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
Gallerynoun
An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
Gallerynoun
The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
Gallerynoun
A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side
Gallerynoun
The spectators of an event, collectively.
Gallerynoun
(computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
Gallerynoun
(fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
Gallerynoun
(mining) a level or drive in a mine.
Galleryverb
(Trinidad and Tobago) To show off
Gallerynoun
A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal.
Gallerynoun
A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc.
Gallerynoun
A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; - sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall.
Gallerynoun
A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or quarter gallery, - seldom found in vessels built since 1850.
Gallerynoun
Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery.
Gallerynoun
A working drift or level.
Gallerynoun
spectators at a golf or tennis match
Gallerynoun
a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
Gallerynoun
a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
Gallerynoun
a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose;
Gallerynoun
a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
Gallerynoun
narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
Gallerynoun
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;
Gallerynoun
a room or building for the display or sale of works of art
Gallerynoun
a collection of pictures
Gallerynoun
a balcony or upper floor projecting from an interior back or side wall of a hall or church, providing space for an audience or musicians
Gallerynoun
the highest balcony in a theatre, containing the cheapest seats.
Gallerynoun
a group of spectators, especially those at a golf tournament
Gallerynoun
a long room or passage, typically one that is partly open at the side to form a portico or colonnade.
Gallerynoun
a horizontal underground passage, especially in a mine
