salvage — sal·vage / sal vij/ n 1 a: compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for recovering it from an actual loss (as in a shipwreck) b: the act of saving or rescuing a ship or its cargo c: the act of saving or… … Law dictionary
salvage — sal‧vage [ˈsælvɪdʒ] verb [transitive] 1. to save goods or property from a situation in which things have already been damaged or destroyed: • Unsuccessful attempts were made to salvage the ship immediately after it sank. 2. if someone salvages a… … Financial and business terms
Salvage — may refer to:* Salvage (Transformers), an Autobot from Transformers * Salvage archaeology, an archaeological survey and excavation carried out in areas threatened by construction or development * Salvage data, the process of extracting data from… … Wikipedia
Salvage 1 — Genre Science fiction Created by Mike Lloyd Ross Starring Andy Griffith Joel Higgins Trish Stewart Richard Jaeckel Jacqueline Scott J. Jay Saunders Heather McAdam … Wikipedia
Salvage — Sal vage (?; 48), n. [F. salvage, OF. salver to save, F. sauver, fr. L. salvare. See {Save}.] 1. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea. [1913 Webster] Salvage of life from a British ship, or a foreign ship in British… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
salvage — (n.) 1640s, payment for saving a ship from wreck or capture, from Fr. salvage, from O.Fr. salver to save (see SAVE (Cf. save)). The general sense of the saving of property from danger is attested from 1878. Meaning recycling of waste material is… … Etymology dictionary
salvage — [sal′vij] n. [Fr < MFr < salver, to SAVE1] 1. a) the voluntary rescue of a ship or its cargo at sea from peril such as fire, shipwreck, capture, etc. b) compensation paid for such a rescue c) the ship or cargo so rescued d) th … English World dictionary
Salvage — Sal vage, a. & n. Savage. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Salvage — (franz., spr. ßalwāsch ), soviel wie Berge oder Hilfslohn, vgl. Bergen … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Salvage — (engl., spr. ßällwĕdsch), Bergegeld (s. Bergen) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
salvage — [v] save, rescue deliver, get back, glean, ransom, reclaim, recover, redeem, regain, restore, retrieve, salve; concept 134 Ant. endanger, harm, hurt, injure, lose, waste … New thesaurus
