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maquiladora
[ muh-kee-luh-dawr-uh; Spanish mah-kee-ah-daw-rah ]
noun
, plural ma·qui·la·do·ras [m, uh, -kee-l, uh, -, dawr, -, uh, z, mah-kee-ah-, daw, -, r, ahs].
- a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of maquiladora1
1985–90; Mexican Spanish, perhaps < Spanish maquilar extract a toll
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