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lobby

lobby

noun LOB-bee Rare
People & Society Politics

Origin: English lobby, from Medieval Latin lobia 'covered walkway'

Also means

pressure group

Usage Note

Lobby is a loanword used in Italian politics and business to mean an interest group or pressure group — la lobby del tabacco (the tobacco lobby). It is invariable: the plural is also lobby, not lobbies. The grammatical gender is feminine: la lobby, le lobby. Pronounced with stress on the first syllable, as in English.

Examples

"La lobby farmaceutica ha influenzato la legge."

Natural Translation

The pharmaceutical lobby influenced the law.

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