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salvageable

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sal·vage

   [sal-vij] noun, verb, -vaged, -vag·ing.
noun
1.
the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
2.
the property so saved.
3.
compensation given to those who voluntarily save a ship or its cargo.
4.
the act of saving anything from fire, danger, etc.
5.
the property saved from danger.
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6.
the value or proceeds upon sale of goods recovered from a fire.
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object)
7.
to save from shipwreck, fire, etc.

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Origin:
1635–45; < Old French; see save1, -age

Related forms
sal·vage·a·ble, adjective
sal·vage·a·bil·i·ty, noun
sal·vag·er, noun
non·sal·vage·a·ble, adjective
un·sal·vage·a·ble, adjective
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un·sal·vage·a·b·ly, adverb
un·sal·vaged, adjective
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Can be confused: salvage, selvage.

Synonyms
7. retrieve, recover, rescue.

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salvage (ˈsælvɪdʒ)
 
—n
1.  the act, process, or business of rescuing vessels or their cargoes from loss at sea
2.  a.  the act of saving any goods or property in danger of damage or destruction
 b.  (as modifier): a salvage operation
3.  the goods or property so saved
4.  compensation paid for the salvage of a vessel or its cargo
5.  the proceeds from the sale of salvaged goods or property
 
—vb
6.  to save or rescue (goods or property) from fire, shipwreck, etc
7.  to gain (something beneficial) from a failure: she salvaged little from the broken marriage
 
[C17: from Old French, from Medieval Latin salvāgium, from salvāre to save1]
 
'salvageable
 
—adj
 
'salvager
 
—n

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salvage
1645, "payment for saving a ship from wreck or capture," from Fr. salvage, from O.Fr. salver "to save" (see save). The general sense of "the saving of property from danger" is attested from 1878. Meaning "recycling of waste material" is from 1918, from the British effort in
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World War I. The verb is 1889, from the noun.
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