division lobby

  • 1division lobby — see ↑lobby • • • Main Entry: ↑division * * * division lobby UK US noun [countable] [singular division lobby plural division lobbies …

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  • 2division lobby — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms division lobby : singular division lobby plural division lobbies one of the two places where members of the British parliament must go in order to vote …

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  • 3division lobby — noun (C) one of the two places to which a British Member of Parliament must go to vote …

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  • 4Division (vote) — Division of the house is a parliamentary mechanism which calls for a rising vote, wherein the members of the house literally divide into groups indicating a vote in favour of or in opposition to a motion on the floor. This was the method used to… …

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  • 5lobby — ► NOUN (pl. lobbies) 1) a room out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically forming a small entrance hall. 2) (in the UK) any of several large halls in the Houses of Parliament in which MPs meet members of the public. 3)… …

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  • 6Division of the assembly — In parliamentary procedure, a division of the assembly (also division of the house or simply division) is a voting method in which the members of the assembly take a rising vote (stand up) or go to different parts of the chamber, literally… …

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  • 7lobby — n. & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 a porch, ante room, entrance hall, or corridor. 2 a (in the House of Commons) a large hall used esp. for interviews between MPs and members of the public. b (also division lobby) each of two corridors to which MPs retire to …

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  • 8Division bell — This article is about the bell that is rung in certain legislatures. For the Pink Floyd album, see The Division Bell. A division bell is a bell rung in or around a parliament to signal a division and thus call all members of the chamber so… …

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  • 9lobby — noun (plural lobbies) 1》 a room out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building. 2》 (in the UK) any of several large halls in the Houses of Parliament in which MPs may meet members of… …

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  • 10lobby — I. noun (plural lobbies) Etymology: Medieval Latin lobium gallery, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German louba porch Date: 1593 1. a corridor or hall connected with a larger room or series of rooms and used as a passageway or waiting room:… …

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