maquiladoras

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A form of maquiladora — An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using cheap local labour and imported components, and which then exports its products to the company's country of origin; also (by extension) similar factories in other countries.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of maquiladora
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