transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˌkē-lə-ˈdȯr-ə, -ˈthȯr- ]
noun
Etymology: Mexican Spanish ( planta, empresa ) maquiladora, from maquilar to process (material) for a fee, from maquila processing fee, multure, from Spanish, multure, from Arabic dialect makīla measure of grain
Date: 1976
: a foreign-owned factory in Mexico at which imported parts are assembled by lower-paid workers into products for export