Lobby vs. Reception

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

Receptionnoun

The act of receiving.

Receptionnoun

The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

Receptionnoun

A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

Receptionnoun

A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.

Receptionnoun

The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.

Receptionnoun

The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.

Receptionnoun

(law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.

Receptionnoun

The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.

Receptionnoun

The state of being received.

Receptionnoun

The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.

Receptionnoun

Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.

Receptionnoun

A retaking; a recovery.

Receptionnoun

the manner in which something is greeted;

Receptionnoun

a formal party of people; as after a wedding

Receptionnoun

quality or fidelity of a received broadcast

Receptionnoun

the act of receiving

Receptionnoun

(American football) the act of catching a pass in football;

Receptionnoun

the action or process of receiving something sent, given, or inflicted

Receptionnoun

the way in which a person or group of people reacts to someone or something

Receptionnoun

a formal social occasion held to welcome someone or to celebrate an event

Receptionnoun

the formal or ceremonious welcoming of a guest

Receptionnoun

the action of admitting someone to a place, group, or institution or the process of being admitted

Receptionnoun

the process of receiving broadcast signals

Receptionnoun

the quality of broadcast signals received

Receptionnoun

the area in a hotel or organization where guests and visitors are greeted and dealt with

Receptionnoun

the first class in an infant or primary school

Receptionnoun

an act of catching a pass