lobbying

lobbying
lobby lobby 2 verb lobbied PTandPP [intransitive, transitive]
to try to persuade a government that a particular law or situation should be changed:

• The financial community is expected to continue lobbying Congress to introduce new legislation.

lobby against

• Industrialists are already lobbying against the reforms.

lobby for

• Small firms are lobbying for a change to the law.

— lobbying noun [uncountable] :

• The decision followed intense lobbying by banks.

• The industry launched a huge lobbying campaign to persuade the government to change its mind.

• The corporation hired a lobbying firm to put its case to government.

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lobbying UK US /ˈlɒbiɪŋ/ noun [U] GOVERNMENT
► the activity of trying to persuade someone in authority, usually an elected member of a government, to support laws or rules that give your organization or industry an advantage: »

In her speech she stressed that she is not involved in the firm's lobbying of Congress.

 lobbying against/for sth »

This week, a coalition of unions, religious groups and liberal advocacy organizations will officially begin its lobbying for a higher minimum wage.

 extensive/fierce/intense lobbying »

There was intense lobbying against the measures by drug companies.

 lobbying effort/campaign/activity »

Lobbying efforts by high-powered tech firms turned former supporters of the bill against it.

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lobbying firm/group/organization

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lobbying costs/fees/expenditure


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • lobbying — The process of influencing public and government policy at all levels: federal, state, and local. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. lobbying …   Law dictionary

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  • Lobbying — Lobbyismus, auch als Fünfte Gewalt bekannt, ist eine aus dem Englischen übernommene Bezeichnung (Lobbying) für eine Form der Interessenvertretung in der Politik, in der Interessengruppen, die Lobbys, die Exekutive und Legislative durch… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • lobbying — lobby [ lɔbi ] n. m. • 1952; à propos des États Unis 1857; mot angl. « couloir » ♦ Anglic. Groupe de pression. Des lobbys ou des lobbies. « Les lobbies des producteurs américains de gaz » (L Express, 1973). Action d un lobby (lobbying n. m. );… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Lobbying — Lobby Lob by, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lobbied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lobbying}.] 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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