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A senator will come off Capitol Hill and they'll be barred from two years from lobbying in the Senate. So they'll pick the phone up and they'll call their buddy, the senator, their old buddies, and they'll say, 'Listen, I'm here at this law firm now. I can't lobby you, but my new partner, Jack, can lobby you.'
Jack Abramoff

Meaning of "lobbying" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOBBYING

lobbying  [ˈlɒbɪɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOBBYING

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lobbying is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOBBYING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lobbying

Lobbying

Lobbying 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 many different types of people and organized groups, including individuals in the private sector, corporations, fellow legislators or government officials, or advocacy groups. Lobbyists may be among a legislator's constituencies, meaning a voter or block of voters within his or her electoral district, or not; they may engage in lobbying as a business, or not. Professional lobbyists are people whose business is trying to influence legislation on behalf of a group or individual who hires them. Individuals and nonprofit organizations can also lobby as an act of volunteering or as a small part of their normal job. Governments often define and regulate organized group lobbying that has become influential. The ethics and morality of lobbying are dual-edged. Lobbying is often spoken of with contempt, when the implication is that people with inordinate socioeconomic power are corrupting the law in order to serve their own conflict of interest.

Definition of lobbying in the English dictionary

The definition of lobbying in the dictionary is activity that aims to influence legislators, etc in the formulation of policy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOBBYING


accompanying
əˈkʌmpənɪɪŋ
annoying
əˈnɔɪɪŋ
bullying
ˈbʊlɪɪŋ
buying
ˈbaɪɪŋ
copying
ˈkɒpɪɪŋ
crying
ˈkraɪɪŋ
drying
ˈdraɪɪŋ
dying
ˈdaɪɪŋ
flying
ˈflaɪɪŋ
laying
ˈleɪɪŋ
lying
ˈlaɪɪŋ
outlying
ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ
paying
ˈpeɪɪŋ
playing
ˈpleɪɪŋ
praying
ˈpreɪɪŋ
qualifying
ˈkwɒlɪfaɪɪŋ
saying
ˈseɪɪŋ
trying
ˈtraɪɪŋ
underlying
ˌʌndəˈlaɪɪŋ
varying
ˈvɛərɪɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOBBYING

lobately
lobation
lobbed
lobber
lobbied
lobbies
lobbing
lobby
lobby correspondent
lobbyer
lobbygow
lobbyism
lobbyist
lobe
lobectomies
lobectomy
lobefin
lobelet
lobelia
lobeline

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOBBYING

abying
decaying
frying
go without saying
home-buying
horrifying
hurrying
magnifying
multiplying
overlying
role playing
role-playing
slaying
spying
surveying
terrifying
that goes without saying
tying
unifying
worrying

Synonyms and antonyms of lobbying in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LOBBYING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lobbying» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lobbying

Translation of «lobbying» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOBBYING

Find out the translation of lobbying to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lobbying from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lobbying» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

游说
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cabildeo
570 millions of speakers

English

lobbying
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैरवी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضغط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лоббирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lobbying
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তদবির
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lobbying
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melobi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lobbyarbeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ロビー活動
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

로비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lobbying
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ở phía trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பரப்புரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लॉबिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lobi oluşturma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lobbying
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lobbing
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лобіювання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lobby
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lobbying
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lobbying
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lobby
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lobbyvirksomhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lobbying

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOBBYING»

The term «lobbying» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.787 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOBBYING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lobbying

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10 QUOTES WITH «LOBBYING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lobbying.
1
Jack Abramoff
A senator will come off Capitol Hill and they'll be barred from two years from lobbying in the Senate. So they'll pick the phone up and they'll call their buddy, the senator, their old buddies, and they'll say, 'Listen, I'm here at this law firm now. I can't lobby you, but my new partner, Jack, can lobby you.'
2
Jack Abramoff
As a lobbyist, I thought it only natural and right that my clients should reward those members who saved them such substantial sums with generous contributions. This quid pro quo became one of hallmarks of our lobbying efforts.
3
Jack Abramoff
I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.
4
Jack Abramoff
I got into lobbying kind of against my will at first. I frankly didn't want to be a lobbyist, but I realized that in lobbying I could do things politically that were interesting to me and do some what I thought would be good. I'm not sure it all turned out like that, but at least that was some of the initial thinking.
5
Haley Barbour
I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will immediately be lobbying. They would be advocating to the Congress, they'll be lobbying our allies and our adversaries overseas. They'll be asking the business community and labor unions.
6
Louis de Bernieres
Family law is institutionally anti-male. I've been lobbying MPs, and I'm not going to give up campaigning for equality until I get equality.
7
Carter Burwell
I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.
8
Stanley Crouch
Big business, for all its lobbying, is often put in line by investigative reporting, public scandals and multi-million-dollar judgments in court against those who put products on the market that are dangerous to their buyers.
9
Jamie Dimon
You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.
10
Thomas Frank
Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOBBYING»

Discover the use of lobbying in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lobbying and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lobbying: The Art of Political Persuasion
It examines the lobbying scenes in the USA and Brussels. Finally, the book also deals with Asia, the Arabian Gulf and the Middle East. This book examines and explains all aspects of lobbying in an expert yet accessible manner.
Lionel Zetter, 2011
2
Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why
Based on a comprehensive examination of ninety-eight issues, this volume demonstrates that sixty percent of recent lobbying campaigns failed to change policy despite millions of dollars spent trying. Why?
Frank R. Baumgartner, Jeffrey M. Berry, Marie Hojnacki, 2009
3
Lobbying in the New Europe
On 1 December 2009, after considerable delay, the Treaty of Lisbon became effective and now provides the EU with a new primary law framework.
Klemens Joos, 2011
4
Democracy and Lobbying in the European Union
This timely volume explores how the power of interest groups has developed due to the growing distance between elected representatives and the European people and forecasts what this development might mean for the vitality of government.
Karolina Karr, 2007
5
Total Lobbying: What Lobbyists Want (and How They Try to Get It)
This book offers a scholarly yet accessible overview of the role of lobbying in American politics.
Anthony J. Nownes, 2006
6
Lobbying the European Union: Institutions, Actors, and Issues
This entirely new volume, inspired by Mazey & Richardson's 1993 book Lobbying in the European Community, seeks to understand the role of interest groups in the policy process from agenda-setting to implementation.
David Coen, Jeremy Richardson, 2009
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The Lobbying Manual: A Complete Guide to Federal Lobbying ...
The book offers invaluable descriptions of the legislative and executive branch decision-making processes that lobbyists seek to influence, the constraints that apply to lobbyist participation in political campaigns, grassroots lobbying, ...
William V. Luneburg, Thomas M. Susman, Rebecca H. Gordon, 2009
8
Outside Lobbying: Public Opinion and Interest Group Strategies
This work seeks to clarify why and when interest group leaders in Washigton, USA seek to mobilize the public order to influence policy decisions in Congress.
Ken Kollman, 1998
9
More Machiavelli in Brussels: The Art of Lobbying the EU
Many lobby groups simply do what they see fit. Others manage their affairs in the EU arena more professionally, and it is their home front and their playing field which are the focus of this book.
M. P. C. M. van Schendelen, Rinus Van Schendelen, 2010
10
Machiavelli in Brussels: The Art of Lobbying the EU
This book describes the everyday practice of lobbying in Brussels, drawing on extensive research and the author's personal experience.
M. P. C. M. van Schendelen, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOBBYING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lobbying is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jeb Bush Promises to Curb Lobbying and Cut Size of Government …
Jeb Bush, who entered the 2016 presidential campaign vowing to wage war on a bloated and self-serving Washington establishment, outlined ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Panepinto asked to 'come clean' on lobbying bid that could benefit …
“According to the Daily News, he was caught red handed working to feather his own nest by lobbying for a law firm that pays him over $1 million ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
3
High-stakes lobbying on Iran deal; pressure for Congress - SFGate
The lobbying fight is on to persuade lawmakers to vote for or against the nuclear deal the U.S. and other world powers just signed with Iran. «SFGate, Jul 15»
4
Overnight Tech: Merger reviews bring lobbying dollars | TheHill
LEDE: A handful of telecom companies with mergers before government regulators saw their lobbying bills go up in the second quarter of the ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
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Bush wants to slash size of government, curb lobbying | ABS-CBN …
He wants to prohibit former members of Congress from engaging in lobbying activities for six years following the end of their term. «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
6
AIPAC's Top Leadership to Meet Next Week in DC for Lobbying
The most powerful pro-Israel group has recently launched a tax-exempt lobbying group, Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran, that will raise money ... «JP Updates, Jul 15»
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Charter beefs up D.C. lobbying ranks as merger reviews get …
Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) is moving fast to bolster its Washington, D.C., influence by hiring a wide range of high-profile ... «FierceCable, Jul 15»
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Uber's advocacy strategy, scrappy lobbying and rapid growth - The …
Uber Technology Inc.'s testy relationship with municipalities isn't expected to ease up anytime soon, as the company needs more users to ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
9
Republican Jeb Bush backs federal hiring freeze, lobbying rules
(Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said on Monday he would overhaul Washington's culture with a federal balanced ... «WSAU, Jul 15»
10
New regulations on e-cigs trigger concern, lobbying - Salem News …
On a state level, the e-cigarette industry is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying Beacon Hill as lawmakers and Attorney General ... «The Salem News, Jul 15»

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