maquiladora
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9.7
- noun
- /mɑːkɪˈlɑːdəˌrə/
- Specialized
- If you take maquiladoras and oil out, Mexico has a huge, very important trade deficit.
- the maquiladora industry
- maquiladora exports
- maquiladora sector
Examples
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The most important regional impact of maquiladoras is related to the number of jobs they create.
Academic text (2001) -
Hazardous waste, much of it associated with maquiladora operations, crosses the border in both directions, often multiple times.
Academic text (2001) -
When the maquiladora system was set up, Mexico required that the plants be near the border.
Academic text (1998) -
My father is American, and he owned a factory, a maquiladora, here.
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The other source of competitive advantage is low wages, and that is where maquiladoras again come in.
Academic text (1997) -
There, workers' conditions in the maquiladoras are also grim.
Academic text (2002) -
The number of maquiladora workers producing for the U.S. market increased 14-fold, from 3,500 to 50,000.
Academic text (1998) -
The 2,750 maquiladoras situated in the border region are northern Mexico's most numerous and most productive operations.
Academic text (2001) -
Shaiken estimates that $1 billion in exports from the maquiladoras creates 106,000 jobs.
Academic text (1994) -
The maquiladora in Tijuana assembles electronics for export to the United States.
Synonyms
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1.0
A building where people make goods using machines
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3.2
A large factory where goods are made using machines
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9.2
A large building where people make things, like a factory
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8.2
A factory in Mexico or Central America that assembles goods for export
Surface Forms
Etymology
Maquiladora comes from the Spanish word maquila, which once meant a miller's 'fee' or the work done for someone else, plus the suffix -adora that makes it a place or person that does the work. So a maquiladora is a factory that assembles parts for foreign companies, which explains why these plants often sit near the US border to do work for American firms.