Etymology dictionary. 2014.
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 — [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
