'Salvage' definitions:
Definition of 'salvage'
(from WordNet)
noun
Property or goods saved from damage or destruction
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
verb
verb
Collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" [syn: salvage, scavenge]
Definition of 'Salvage'
From: GCIDE
- 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 waters, ranks before salvage of goods. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Maritime Law) (a) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril. (b) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved. --Kent. Abbot. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Salvage'
From: GCIDE
- Salvage \Sal"vage\, a. & n. Savage. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'salvage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- admission,
- admission fee,
- agio,
- allowance,
- amends,
- anchorage,
- atonement,
- bank discount,
- blood money,
- breakage,
- brokerage,
- carfare,
- cash discount,
- cellarage,
- chain discount,
- charge,
- charge-off,
- charges,
- compensation,
- concession,
- conservancy,
- conservation,
- conservationism,
- consideration,
- cover charge,
- cut,
- damages,
- deduction,
- deliver,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- demand,
- depreciation,
- discount,
- dockage,
- drawback,
- dues,
- entrance fee,
- environmental conservation,
- exaction,
- exactment,
- extract,
- extricate,
- extrication,
- fare,
- fee,
- forest conservation,
- forest management,
- free,
- freeing,
- guerdon,
- hire,
- honorarium,
- indemnification,
- indemnity,
- keeping,
- kickback,
- liberate,
- liberation,
- license fee,
- lifesaving,
- maintenance,
- meed,
- penalty,
- penalty clause,
- percentage,
- pilotage,
- portage,
- premium,
- preserval,
- preservation,
- price,
- price reduction,
- price-cut,
- protection,
- quittance,
- ransom,
- rebate,
- rebatement,
- recapture,
- reclaim,
- reclaiming,
- reclamation,
- recompense,
- recoup,
- recoupment,
- recover,
- recovery,
- recuperation,
- recycle,
- redeem,
- redemption,
- redress,
- reduction,
- refund,
- regain,
- regainment,
- release,
- remuneration,
- reoccupation,
- reparation,
- replevin,
- replevy,
- repossession,
- requital,
- requitement,
- rescue,
- restitution,
- restoration,
- resumption,
- retake,
- retaking,
- retribution,
- retrieval,
- retrieve,
- return,
- revindication,
- revival,
- reward,
- rollback,
- safekeeping,
- salvation,
- salve,
- satisfaction,
- save,
- saving,
- scot,
- scot and lot,
- set free,
- setoff,
- shot,
- smart money,
- soil conservation,
- solatium,
- storage,
- stream conservation,
- support,
- tare,
- time discount,
- toll,
- towage,
- trade discount,
- tret,
- trover,
- underselling,
- upkeep,
- water conservation,
- wergild,
- wetlands conservation,
- wharfage,
- wildlife conservation,
- win back,
- write-off