salvage en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsælvɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology
From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
- (countable, uncountable) The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
- (countable, uncountable) The compensation paid to the rescuers.
- (countable, uncountable) The money from the sale of rescued goods.
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(countable, uncountable) The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
[...] the debris was hurled down the hillside on to the line and swept the engine off the track and into the sea; the engine in question, ex-Cambrian 0-6-0 No. 874, was not considered to be worth salvage, and was abandoned.
1943 March and April, “A British Avalanche Shelter”, in Railway Magazine, page 80:
- (countable, uncountable) The process of acquiring, dismantling, and stocking the pieces of old property such as ships, houses, and vehicles, so that they can be sold on to be reused or recycled.
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(attributive, countable, sometimes, uncountable) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
salvage cars auction
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| salvages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
salvage logging · salvage therapy · pure salvage · salvage title · salvage grocery · postsalvage · salvage yard
Translations (42)
ru спасе́ние (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · hu megmentett (dolog/…) (the ship, crew or cargo so rescued) · pl odratowany przedmiot (anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted) · cmn 打撈 /打捞 (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · hu mentési jutalom (the compensation paid to the rescuers) · mk спасу́вање (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · es objeto salvado (the ship, crew or cargo so rescued) · hu megmentés (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · fr sauvetage (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · de Bergung (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · es salvamento (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · ga tarrtháil (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · fr rescapé (the ship, crew or cargo so rescued) · fr récompense (the compensation paid to the rescuers) · he דְּמֵי הַצָּלָה (the compensation paid to the rescuers) · fi pelastaminen (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · ga tarrtháil (the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued) · pl spieniężenie ocalałego towaru lub mienia (the compensation paid to the rescuers) · es rescate (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · fr récupération (anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted) · cs zachráněné věci (the ship, crew or cargo so rescued) · cs záchrana (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · he הַצָּלָה (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · pl ocalone mienie (the ship, crew or cargo so rescued) · pl ocalone mienie (the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued) · es salvataje (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · de C-Ware (anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted) · he חִלּוּץ (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · nb berging (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · pl ocalenie (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · ru спаса́ние (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · de Bergelohn (the compensation paid to the rescuers) · nn berging (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · pt reaproveitamento (anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted) · es material recuperado (anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted) · hu mentés (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · sv bärgning (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation) · es objeto rescatado (the ship, crew or cargo so rescued) · de B-Ware (anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted) · de Bergegut (the ship, crew or cargo so rescued) · de Geborgene (the ship, crew or cargo so rescued) · cs zachraňování (the rescue of a ship or its cargo from a hazardous situation)