MAQUILADORA
\mˈakwɪlˌadɔːɹə], \mˈakwɪlˌadɔːɹə], \m_ˈa_k_w_ɪ_l_ˌa_d_ɔː_ɹ_ə]\
Definitions of MAQUILADORA
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an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border
By Princeton University
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an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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From the Mexican-Spanish word 'maquilar' meaning ' to assemble'. Name for a Mexican-based 'twin plant' manufacturing program established in 1965. Typically straddling the US-Mexican border, these specialized production facilities import components duty-free for in-bound storage, assembly, and subsequent re-export. Cheap Mexican labor and Mexico's largest foreign exchange earnings after oil exports results from this scheme.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).