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Definition salvage

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

salvage (countable and uncountable, plural salvages)

1. The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
2. The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
3. The compensation paid to the rescuers.
4. The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
5. (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.

Verb

salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged)

1. (transitive) Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue.
2. (transitive) Of discarded goods, to put to use.
3. (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

salvage (plural salvages)

1. Obsolete spelling of savage [16th-19th c.]

Etymology 3

From Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salv?ticus, alteration of Latin silv?ticus (““wild"; literally, "of the woods"”), from silva (“forest", "grove”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).

Noun

salvage (plural salvages)

1. (Philippine English) summary execution, extrajudicial killing

Verb

salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvageing, simple past and past participle salvageed)

1. (Philippine English) To perform summary execution.
2. (Philippine English) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

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