maquiladoran.

Brit.

/məˌkɪləˈdɔːrə/, U.S.

/məˌkiləˈdɔrə/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish Etymon: Spanish maquiladora.

Etymology: < Mexican Spanish maquiladora (1971) < maquilar to assemble (see maquila n.) + -dor , agent nominal/adjectival suffix (see -or suffix) + -a, feminine gender marker, as a noun such as fábrica ‘factory’ is understood.

In Mexico: a factory or workshop owned by a U.S. or other foreign company, which employs low-cost local labour to assemble goods (esp. electronic equipment or clothing) from imported components, and then exports the completed products to the company's country of origin.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > factory > [noun] > type of

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chicken factory1852

maquiladora1978

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1978 Washington Post 26 Mar. a11/1 Clusters of twin factories known as maquiladoras dot the border region.

1988 D. Burstein Yen! v. 155 The electronic components made at a Matsushita maquiladora in Tijuana..disappear completely from the U.S.–Japan trade picture.

1991 Newsweek 20 May 43/1 Since the mid-1960s U.S. companies have been setting up maquiladoras in Mexico and shipping the tariff-free products back to American markets.

1997 N.Y. Times 8 May c22/4 Many of those jobs have gone to maquiladoras, whose payrolls have expanded by 300,000 in two years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maquiladora
释义	maquiladoran. Brit. /məˌkɪləˈdɔːrə/, U.S. /məˌkiləˈdɔrə/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish Etymon: Spanish maquiladora. Etymology: < Mexican Spanish maquiladora (1971) < maquilar to assemble (see maquila n.) + -dor , agent nominal/adjectival suffix (see -or suffix) + -a, feminine gender marker, as a noun such as fábrica ‘factory’ is understood. In Mexico: a factory or workshop owned by a U.S. or other foreign company, which employs low-cost local labour to assemble goods (esp. electronic equipment or clothing) from imported components, and then exports the completed products to the company's country of origin. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > factory > [noun] > type of cone1791 chicken factory1852 maquiladora1978 maquila1979 1978 Washington Post 26 Mar. a11/1 Clusters of twin factories known as maquiladoras dot the border region. 1988 D. Burstein Yen! v. 155 The electronic components made at a Matsushita maquiladora in Tijuana..disappear completely from the U.S.–Japan trade picture. 1991 Newsweek 20 May 43/1 Since the mid-1960s U.S. companies have been setting up maquiladoras in Mexico and shipping the tariff-free products back to American markets. 1997 N.Y. Times 8 May c22/4 Many of those jobs have gone to maquiladoras, whose payrolls have expanded by 300,000 in two years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1978
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