Salvage

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The rescue of a ship or its cargo from fire or shipwreck.
  • noun. The ship or cargo saved in such a rescue.
  • noun. Award given to those who aid in such a rescue when under no obligation to do so, especially in the form of a portion of the cargo.
  • noun. The recovery of a sunken ship or its cargo by divers or submersibles.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of saving imperiled property from loss.
  • noun. The property so saved.
  • noun. Something saved from destruction or waste and put to further use.
  • transitive verb. To save from loss or destruction.
  • transitive verb. To save (discarded or damaged material) for further use.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of saving a ship or goods from extraordinary danger, as from the sea, fire, or pirates.
  • noun. In commercial and maritime law: An allowance or compensation to which those are entitled by whose voluntary exertions, when they were under no legal obligation to render assistance, a ship or goods have been saved from the dangers of the sea, fire, pirates, or enemies.
  • noun. The property saved from danger or destruction by the extraordinary and voluntary exertions of the salvors.
  • noun. Nautical, same as selvagee.
  • noun. An obsolete form of savage.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • Savage.
  • noun. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
  • noun. That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation
  • noun. the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
  • noun. the compensation paid to the rescuers
  • noun. the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued
  • noun. anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
  • noun. damaged
  • verb. Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue
  • verb. Of discarded goods, to put to use
  • verb. To make new or restore for the use of being saved
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. property or goods saved from damage or destruction
  • verb. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
  • verb. collect discarded or refused material
  • noun. the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
  • noun. the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire