SALVAGE

salvage

(noun) the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire

salvage

(noun) the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction

salvage

(noun) property or goods saved from damage or destruction

salvage, scavenge

(verb) collect discarded material; “She scavenged the garbage cans for food”

salvage, salve, relieve, save

(verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

salvage (countable and uncountable, plural salvages)

The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.

The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.

The compensation paid to the rescuers.

The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.

(sometimes, attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.

Verb

salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged)

(transitive, of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.

(transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use.

(transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

salvage (plural salvages)

Obsolete spelling of savage. [16th-19th c.]

Etymology 3

Noun

salvage (plural salvages)

(Philippine English) summary execution, extrajudicial killing

Verb

salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvageing, simple past and past participle salvageed)

(Philippine English) To perform summary execution.

(Philippine English) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

Anagrams

• lavages

Source: Wiktionary


Sal"vage (; 48), n. Etym: [F. salvage, OF. salver to save, F. sauver, fr. L. salvare. See Save.]

1. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, goods, or life, from perils of the sea. Salvage of life from a british ship, or a foreign ship in British waters, ranks before salvage of goods. Encyc. Brit.

2. (Maritime Law) (a) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril. (b) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved. Kent. Abbot.

Sal"vage, a. & n.

Definition: Savage. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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