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sal·vage (s

a. The rescue of a ship, its crew, or its cargo from fire or shipwreck.

b. The ship, crew, or cargo so rescued.

c. Compensation given to those who voluntarily aid in such a rescue.

a. The act of saving imperiled property from loss.

b. The property so saved.

3. Something saved from destruction or waste and put to further use.

tr.v. sal·vaged, sal·vag·ing, sal·vag·es

1. To save from loss or destruction.

2. To save (discarded or damaged material) for further use.

[Obsolete French, from Old French salvaige, right of salvage, from Late Latin salvre, from Latin salvus, safe; see sol- in Indo-European roots.]

salvage·a·bili·ty n.

salvage·a·ble adj.

salvag·er n.

salvage [ˈsælvɪdʒ]

1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the act, process, or business of rescuing vessels or their cargoes from loss at sea

a. the act of saving any goods or property in danger of damage or destruction

b. (as modifier) a salvage operation

3. the goods or property so saved

4. (Transport / Nautical Terms) compensation paid for the salvage of a vessel or its cargo

5. the proceeds from the sale of salvaged goods or property

vb (tr)

1. to save or rescue (goods or property) from fire, shipwreck, etc.

2. to gain (something beneficial) from a failure she salvaged little from the broken marriage

[from Old French, from Medieval Latin salvāgium, from salvāre to save¹]

salvageable adj

salvager n

salvage

1. the recovery of a ship or its contents or cargo after damage or sinking.
2. the material recovered and the compensation to those who recover it.
3. the rescue and use of any found or discarded material.

See also: Dues and Payment

1. Property that has some value in excess of its basic material content but is in such condition that it has no reasonable prospect of use for any purpose as a unit and its repair or rehabilitation for use as a unit is clearly impractical.
2. The saving or rescuing of condemned, discarded, or abandoned property, and of materials contained therein for reuse, refabrication, or scrapping.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	salvage - property or goods saved from damage or destruction commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce belongings, property, holding - something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";
	2.	salvage - the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction deliverance, rescue, saving, delivery - recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
	3.	salvage - the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire deliverance, rescue, saving, delivery - recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
Verb	1.	salvage - save from ruin, destruction, or harm salve, save, relieve rescue, deliver - free from harm or evil
	2.	salvage - collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" scavenge gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

salvage

verb

save, recover, rescue, restore, repair, get back, retrieve, redeem, glean, repossess, fetch back They studied flight recorders salvaged from the wreckage.

noun

1. rescue, saving, recovery, release, relief, liberation, salvation, deliverance, extrication The salvage of the ship went on.

2. scrap, remains, waste, junk, offcuts They climbed up on the rock with their salvage.

Translations

salvage [ˈsælvɪdʒ]

A. N

1. (= rescue) [of ship etc] → salvamento m

2. (= things rescued) → objetos mpl salvados; (for re-use) → material m reutilizable

3. (= fee) → derechos mpl de salvamento

B. VT

1. (= save) → salvar
to salvage sth from the wreckage → salvar algo de las ruinas

2. (fig) [+ sth from theory, policy etc] → rescatar; [+ pride, reputation] (= manage to keep) → conservar; (= regain) → recuperar, salvar

C. CPD salvage fee N → derechos mpl de salvamento
salvage operation N → operación f de rescate, operación f de salvamento
salvage value N → valor m de desecho
salvage vessel N → buque m de salvamento

salvage [ˈsælvɪdʒ]

(= saving) → sauvetage m

(= things saved) → biens mpl sauvés

vt → sauver, récupérer

modif [crew, operation] → de sauvetage

salvage

n (= act) → Bergung f; (= objects) → Bergungsgut nt; (= payment) → Bergelohn m; (= proceeds from salvaged goods) → Wert m → der geretteten Waren

vt (from wreck, building) → bergen (from aus); (fig) → retten (from von); to salvage something from the fire → etw aus den Flammen retten; to salvage one’s pride/reputation → sich (dat) → seinen Stolz/Ruf erhalten können; salvage what you can (lit, fig) → rettet, was ihr retten könnt; a few happy memories can be salvaged from the marriage → ein paar glückliche Erinnerungen können aus den Trümmern der Ehe geborgen werden

salvage:

salvage operation

n → Bergungsaktion f; (fig) → Rettungsaktion f

salvage tug

n → Bergungsschlepper m

salvage vessel

n → Bergungsschiff nt

salvage [ˈsælvɪdʒ]

1. n

a. (saving, of ship) → salvataggio; (for re-use) → ricupero

b. (things saved) → oggetti mpl salvati or ricuperati; (for re-use) → materiale m di ricupero

c. (compensation) → compenso

2. vt (boat, cargo, goods) → ricuperare (fig) → salvare

3. adj (operation) → di salvataggio; (goods) → di ricupero

salvage [ˈsælvɪdʒ]

1. n

a. (saving, of ship) → salvataggio; (for re-use) → ricupero

b. (things saved) → oggetti mpl salvati or ricuperati; (for re-use) → materiale m di ricupero

c. (compensation) → compenso

2. vt (boat, cargo, goods) → ricuperare (fig) → salvare

3. adj (operation) → di salvataggio; (goods) → di ricupero

salvage

v salvage [ˈsӕlvidʒ]

to save from loss or destruction in a fire, shipwreck etc He salvaged his books from the burning house. red يُنْقِذ، يُخَلِّص спасявам от унищожение zachránit redde; bjærge bergen διασώζω salvar, rescatar, recuperar päästma ازخطر نابودي و اتلاف نجات دادن pelastaa sauver לְהַצִיל उबारना spasiti (brod, robu) kiment menyelamatkan bjarga salvare 救い出す 구조하다 išgelbėti []glābt usaha menyelamatkan redden berge, redde uratować salvar a salva спасать zachrániť rešiti spasiti bärga, rädda การช่วยไม่ให้สูญเสียหรือเสียหายจากไฟไหม้ kurtarmak 搶救，拯救 рятувати جہاز کے ڈوبنے، آگ وغیرہ لگنے سے سامان کی بازیابی cứu hộ 营救, 打捞，海上救助

1 the act of salvaging. berging إنْقاذ، تَخْليص спасяване на имущество záchrana redning; bjærgning die Bergung διάσωση rescate, salvamento päästmine نجات pelastaminen sauvetage הַצָלָה उबार/भ्रंशोद्धार spašavanje (meg)mentés penyelamatan björgun salvataggio 救出 해난구조 išgelbėjimas glābšana penyelamatan redding berging, redning ocalenie salvados salvare спасение záchrana rešitev spašavanje bärgning, räddning การช่วยแบบนี้ kurtarma 搶救 рятування майна بازیابی کا عمل sự cứu hộ 抢救

2 property etc which has been salvaged Was there any salvage from the wreck? berggoed شَيءٌ مُنْقَذ спасено имущество zachráněné věci bjærgegods das Bergungsgut υλικό που έχει διασωθεί objetos recuperados/rescatados päästetud vara بازيابي pelastettu tavara objets récupérés רְכוּש שֶׁנִיצַל बचाना spašavanje imovine megmentett holmi barang yang selamat það sem bjargað er (materiale recuperato) 救出財貨 구출 재화 išgelbėtas turtas izglābtā krava barang-barang yang diselamatkan geborgen goed berget gods ocalałe mienie salvados obiecte salvate спасённое имущество zachránený majetok rešene stvari spasena imovina bärgat gods ทรัพย์สมบัติซึ่งช่วยเอาไว้ได้ kurtarılmış mal 搶救回的財物等 врятоване майно بازیاب کیا گیا مال وغیرہ của cải cứu được 被救货物

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