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SALVAGE definition: 1. to save goods from damage or destruction, especially from a ship that has sunk or been damaged…. Learn more.
The meaning of SALVAGE is compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck. How to use salvage in a sentence.
SALVAGE meaning: 1. to save goods from damage or destruction, especially from a ship that has sunk or been damaged…. Learn more.
the value or proceeds upon sale of goods recovered from a shipwreck, fire, etc. the act of saving something of use or value from destruction, damage, ruin, loss, or waste: The salvage of carcass parts for pharmaceutical or research use is permitted if it does not interfere with sanitary operations.
SALVAGE definition: 1. to save things from a place where other things have been damaged or lost: 2. to try to make a…. Learn more.
To salvage something is to save it...before it's too late. You might try to salvage your damaged reputation by defending yourself, or salvage a burnt piece of toast by scraping off the black residue.
Salvage is the act of taking part in a successful rescue operation to save life or property at sea, or the money payable to someone who does this.
to save a badly damaged ship, etc. from being lost completely; to save parts or property from a damaged ship or from a fire, etc. salvage something The wreck was salvaged by a team from the RAF. The house was built using salvaged materials.
Definition of salvage noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The earliest known use of the verb salvage is in the 1880s. OED's earliest evidence for salvage is from 1889, in the Times (London). It is also recorded as a noun from the mid 1600s.
