1. (

• anteroom ,
• antechamber ,
• entrance_hall ,
• hall ,
• foyer ,
• lobby ,
• vestibule

) a large entrance or reception room or area ;

2. (

• lobby ,

) the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest ;

3. (

• special_interest ,
• special-interest_group ,
• special_interest_group ,
• advocacy_group ,
• lobby_group ,
• lobby ,
• pressure_group ,
• third_house

) an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying ;

1. (

• lobby ,
• buttonhole

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