Look up: lobbying

1. Lobbying
   When organisations try to persuade decision makers, usually politicians, that their product or organisation should be supported.
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2. lobbying
   A process whereby representatives of a particular interest group attempt to influence governmental decision makers to accept the policy desires of the lobbying organization. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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3. Lobbying
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lobby
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4. lobbying
   any attempt by individuals or private interest groups to influence the decisions of government; in its original meaning it referred to efforts to ... [4 related articles]
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5. lobbying
   lobbying Attempting to influence (an official) to take desired actions. Although it is an Americanism that isn't recorded until 1808, a lobby, a group trying to influence the government to promote its own special interests, seems to derive ultimately from the large entrance hall to the British Hous...
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6. lobbying
   An activity of interest groups aimed at influencing governors and the public to achieve a favourable policy decision(s).
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7. lobbying
   lobbying, practice and profession of influencing governmental decisions, carried out by agents who present the concerns of special interests to legislators and administrators. The term originated in the United States of the 1830s, when representatives of interest groups tended to congregate in the l...
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8. Lobbying
   `Lobbying` (also `lobby`) is the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Lobbying is done by various people or groups, from private-sector individuals or corporations, fellow legislators or government off...
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