maquiladora

maquiladora [muh-kee-luh-dawr-uh; Spanish mah-kee-ah-daw-rah] ExamplesWord Origin 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/.

1. a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.

Origin of maquiladora 1985–90; Mexican Spanish, perhaps Spanish maquilar extract a tollAlso called ma·qui·la. Examples from the Web for maquila Historical Examples of 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