lobbyist

Dutch translation: lobbyist

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English term or phrase:lobbyist
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14:55 May 29, 2009
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English term or phrase: lobbyist
Definition from washingtonpost.com:
A person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest.

Example sentence(s):
  • The lobbyists represent a range of industries, including the finance, telecommunications, technology and healthcare sectors. abcNews
  • When legislators lose re-election or choose not to run again for office, they often find a second career as a highly paid lobbyist, meeting with their former colleagues and touting the positions they are paid to promote. WiseGeek
  • First and foremost, lobbyists must be adept at the art of persuasion, which is the mainstay of their job. The Princeton Review
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lobbyist
Definition:
Een lobby is het systematische, strategische en georganiseerde streven om één of meer actoren van (politieke) besluitvorming te beïnvloeden.

Benamingen voor georganiseerde groepen van mensen die dergelijke belangen nastreven zijn lobby(groep), belangengroep, pressiegroep of drukkingsgroep (in België); een individu dat zo te werk gaat heet lobbyist
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Definition from Wikipedia:
Een lobby is het systematische, strategische en georganiseerde streven om één of meer actoren van (politieke) besluitvorming te beïnvloeden.

Benamingen voor georganiseerde groepen van mensen die dergelijke belangen nastreven zijn lobby(groep), belangengroep, pressiegroep of drukkingsgroep (in België); een individu dat zo te werk gaat heet lobbyist

Example sentence(s):
  • Voor Europese parlementsleden zijn lobbyisten de normaalste zaak van de wereld. Ze worden dagelijks overstelpt met telefoons, e-mails en brieven van organisaties die hun belang kenbaar willen maken. Lobbyen is een business als een ander: je hebt er die hun vak goed beheersen en je hebt er die verloren lopen. - Politics.be  
Nathalie van Rijsbergen
Belgium
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
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Yes  Dennis Seine
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