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• 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 — 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 (?; 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 — 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 — [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 — ► VERB 1) rescue (a ship or its cargo) from loss at sea. 2) retrieve or preserve from loss or destruction. ► NOUN 1) the action of salvaging. 2) cargo salvaged. 3) Law payment made or due to a person who has salvaged a ship or its cargo …   English terms dictionary

• 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 vessel — ship whose purpose is to help and rescue other ships or people in times of trouble …   English contemporary dictionary

• salvage — 01. A diving team is trying to [salvage] some of the cargo on the sunken ship. 02. The President hopes to [salvage] some kind of agreement at the peace talks that will allow them to continue at a later date. 03. Investigators were able to… …   Grammatical examples in English

• salvage — salvageable, adj. salvageability, n. salvager, n. /sal vij/, n., v., salvaged, salvaging. n. 1. the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas. 2. the property so saved. 3. compensation given to those who voluntarily save a ship or …   Universalium

• salvage — [[t]sæ̱lvɪʤ[/t]] salvages, salvaging, salvaged 1) VERB: usu passive If something is salvaged, someone manages to save it, for example from a ship that has sunk, or from a building that has been damaged. [be V ed] The team s first task was to… …   English dictionary