məˌkēləˈdōrə, -ˈthōr- noun
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Etymology: Mexican Spanish ( planta ) maquiladora , from maquilar to process (ore or other material) for a fee, from maquila processing fee, multure, from Spanish, multure, from Arabic dialect makīla measure of grain
: a foreign-owned factory in Mexico at which imported parts are assembled by lower-paid workers into products for export