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Webster 1913 Edition
Salvage
1.
The act of saving a vessel, 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
,Adj.
& Noun.
Savage.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Salvage
SALV'AGE
,Noun.
In commerce, a reward or recompense allowed by law for the saving of a ship, or goods from loss at sea, either by shipwreck or other means, or by enemies or pirates.
SALV'AGE
, for savage, not used. [See Savage.]Definition 2024
salvage
salvage
English
Noun
salvage (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.
- Anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted.
- Damaged.
- salvage cars auction.
Translations
the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation
the compensation paid to the rescuers
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the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued
anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
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.
Translations
to rescue
to make new or restore for the use of being saved
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms.
Noun
salvage (plural salvages)
- Obsolete spelling of savage [16th-19th c.]
Etymology 3
From Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (““wild"; literally, "of the woods"”), from silva (“forest", "grove”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).[1][2]
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.[3]
References
- ↑ Ocampo, Ambeth R. (2011 April 06), “History in words”, in (Please provide the title of the work), Philippine Daily Inquirer
- ↑ Lacaba (1995 August 3), “Salvage”, in Manila Times
- ↑ “salvage, v.”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2015.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
Noun
salvage
Verb
salvage
Old French
Adjective
salvage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular salvage)
- Alternative form of sauvage
Declension
Declension of salvage