maquiladora
[ muh-kee-luh-dawr-uh; Spanish mah-kee-ah-daw-rah ]
/ məˌki ləˈdɔr ə; Spanish mɑˌki ɑˈdɔ rɑ /
noun, plural ma·qui·la·do·ras [muh-kee-luh-dawr-uh z; Spanish mah-kee-ah-daw-rahs] /məˌki ləˈdɔr əz; Spanish mɑˌki ɑˈdɔ rɑs/.
a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
Also called
ma·qui·la.
Origin of maquiladora
1985–90; Mexican Spanish, perhaps < Spanish
maquilar extract a toll
Words nearby maquiladora
mapping function,
mapplethorpe,
maputo,
maquette,
maqui,
maquiladora,
maquillage,
maquis,
maquisard,
mar,
mar del plata
Example sentences from the Web for maquila
Returning to a pacified region, they were settled at the mouth of the river of Maquila.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XXXII, 1640 |Diego Aduarte