maquiladora
[ muh-kee-luh-dawr-uh; Spanish mah-kee-ah-daw-rah ]
noun,plural ma·qui·la·do·ras [muh-kee-luh-dawr-uhz; 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.
Origin of maquiladora
11985–90; Mexican Spanish, perhaps <Spanish maquilar extract a toll
- Also called ma·qui·la.
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How to use maquiladora in a sentence
Many were flagged with symptoms once they got to work, which the leader of a maquiladora association in Otay Mesa said applauded, saying it meant measures are working to identify infected individuals and prevent further spread inside factories.
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