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maquiladora

(mä kē′lə dôr′ə)

noun

a manufacturing facility under foreign ownership in Mexico, usually located close to the U.S. border: it is set up to take advantage of low taxes and wage rates

also maquila

Origin: MexSp

See maquiladora in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An assembly plant in Mexico, especially one along the border between the United States and Mexico, to which foreign materials and parts are shipped and from which the finished product is returned to the original market.

Origin:

Origin: American Spanish, place where the miller's fee is paid, maquiladora

Origin: , from Spanish maquila, portion received by the miller in return for milling one's grain

Origin: , from Old Spanish

Origin: , from Arabic makīla, measured, measure of capacity

Origin: , feminine passive participle of kāla, to measure; see kwl in Semitic roots

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