salvage.
The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
Meaning & usage
The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
The compensation paid to the rescuers.
The money from the sale of rescued goods.
The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
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.
Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
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Where this word comes from
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.
To rescue.
To modify (a false proposition) to create a true proposition.
Prove or disprove, and salvage if possible.
To put to use.
To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
Where this word comes from
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.
Summary execution, extrajudicial killing.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).
To perform summary execution.
To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).
Obsolete spelling of savage.
Where this word comes from
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