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Definitions: Salvage |
SalvageNoun1. Property or goods saved from damage or destruction. 2. The act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction. 3. The act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire. Verb1. Save from ruin or destruction. 2. Collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "salvage" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Building & Civil Engineering | Material arising from pile boring. Source: European Union. (references) |
Economics | 1. Compensation paid for the rescue of a ship, its cargo or passengers from the perils of the sea; 2. or, the act of saving a ship or its cargo from possible loss; 3. or, property saved from a wreck or fire. (references) |
Environment | The utilization of waste materials. (references) |
| Il concetto si scompone in assistenza salvataggio e recupero con in più la disciplina del ritrovamento. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Residu which is kept for recovery; cf. waste, pollutant. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Insurance | A)independently of any contract, an outside party who takes part in a successful rescue operation to save life or property at sea receives a remuneration; b)property saved; c)rescue of property. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The salvor has a claim of salvage reward if he has successfully and voluntarily salvaged maritime property in danger. The civil law term is "assistance" permitting the salvor to be rewarded whether the salvage was successful or not. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Military | 1. Damaged, discarded, condemned or abandoned allied or enemy materiel including ships, craft, or floating equipment which is recovered for reuse. 2. The saving or recovering of materials contained in damaged, discarded, condemned, or abandoned equipment for reuse. See also salvage procedure. (references) |
Military & Defense | The saving or recovering of materials contained in damaged, discarded, condemned or abandoned equipment for réuse. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Damaged, discarded, condemned or abandoned allied or enemy matériel including ships, craft or floating equipment which is recovered for reuse. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. A layer or parting of clay or pug occurring on the wall of a vein b. To chemically or electrolytically remove diamonds from used diamond bits c. To recover lost bits or drill pipe from a borehole. (references) |
Public Administration | Procedures or measures for reducing damage from smoke, water, and weather during and following a fire by the use of salvage covers, smoke ejectors, deodorants, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: SalvageSynonyms: relieve (v), salve (v), save (v), scavenge (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin, restitution; redemption, salvage, trover. |
Discount | Noun: discount, abatement, concession, reduction, depreciation, allowance; qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage, agio, percentage; rebate, rebatement; backwardation, contango; salvage; tare and tret. |
Price | Dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess, sess, tallage, levy; abkari; capitation tax, poll tax; doomage, likin; gabel, gabelle; gavel, octroi, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment, ransom, salvage, tariff; brokerage, wharfage, freightage. |
Reward | Salvage, perquisite; vail; (donation). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | All right, let's go eat. . .see if we can figure out a way to salvage my future as a groupie. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Salvage Gang (1958) Salvage (1942) | |
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 | Helicopter logging at the BLM's Tobe West salvage rider sale.Credit: T. Hogervorst. |  | U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 8, Saveny, France. : Salvage shop.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Conventions of September 23, 1910, respecting the unification of certain regulations regarding collisions and salvage at sea. (reference) |
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Health | Blood and plasma salvage during operative procedures. (references) | |
Total mastectomy is effective salvage therapy for a substantial percentage of these patients. (references) | ||
Despite this response rate, there is no evidence yet that this salvage therapy prolongs survival. (references) | ||
Business | The Taiwan Navy (TN) has procured eight KNOX class frigates, two Newport class LSTs, one Anchorage class LSD, one salvage and rescue (ARS) ship, and 20 Sikorsky S-70C helicopters from the U.S., plus six Lafayette frigates from France. (references) | |
As a major policy initiative to eliminate corruption and salvage the financial situation surrounding the health care system, the Korean government introduced "Actual Transaction Prices" (ATP) to regulate and ensure the accurate and fair reimbursement of drugs and medical supplies. (references) | ||
Economic History | Syria | Although a written bankruptcy law exists, it is not applied fairly and creditors may or may not salvage their investment. (references) |
Philippines | On September 16, 1991, the Philippine Senate rejected the bases treaty, and despite further efforts to salvage the situation, the two sides could not reach agreement. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Salvage" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 48.14% of the time. "Salvage" is used about 295 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 48.14% | 142 | 26,554 |
| Noun (singular) | 39.32% | 116 | 29,969 |
| Noun (proper) | 9.83% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.71% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 295 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "salvage" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Salvage | Last name | 170 | 49,628 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Universal Salvage Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "salvage": make salvage of goods ♦ pure salvage ♦ salvage center ♦ salvage corps ♦ salvage operation ♦ salvage procedure ♦ salvage ship ♦ salvage therapy ♦ salvage tug ♦ salvage value ♦ salvage vessel ♦ salvage work. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
auto salvage | 1,422 |
motorcycle salvage | 1,089 |
salvage yard | 1,044 |
salvage | 765 |
salvage car | 607 |
architectural salvage | 352 |
boat salvage | 272 |
auto part salvage | 218 |
salvage vehicle | 163 |
cycle salvage | 157 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "salvage"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | verlossing (recovery, salvation), bergloon (salvage money), berging (recovery, salvation), behoudenis (recovery, salvation), behoud (conservation, maintenance, preservation, recovery, retention, salvation). (various references) | |
Albanian | shpëtoj (bring off, bring through, carry through, creep out, deliver, elude, escape, extricate, flee, get away, get off the hook, get out, get rid, get rid of, heal, preserve, rescue, rid, save, skip, spare), shpëtim prone, shpërblim për shpëtim prone (salve), vjedh (cop, Frisk, hook, lift, mooch, nobble, peculate, pilfer, pinch, prig, purloin, Rob, scrounge, snitch, steal, take away, thieve, walk off with), rikuperoj, riaftësim (rehabilitation), pronë e shpëtuar, ngarkesë e nxjerr, material i riaftësuar. (various references) | |
Arabic | نقذ (deliver, help, liberate, rescue, retrieve, salve, save), نجدة (aid, help, relief, sos, succor, succour, support), نجد (line, pad, plateau, relieve, rescue, socle, upholster), تخليص (redemption, rescue, riddance), إنقاذ من الغرق, إنقاذ (deliverance, extrication, relief, rescue, salvation, saving), أنقذ سفينة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | спасявам от унищожение (salve), спасявам от потъване (salve), спасявам от пленяване (salve), спасено имущество, спасена стока, трофеи (captures), използуване на отпадъци. (various references) | |
Chinese | 抢救 (Rescue, rescued, Rescuing). (various references) | |
Czech | sbìr, zachránit (bring off, redeem, rescue, save), zachránìný náklad, záchrana (rescue, retrieval). (various references) | |
Danish | returprodukt, ren bjærgning (pure salvage), reddet ladning (recovered cargo, salved cargo), bjergning, bjærgning (pure salvage, recovery), affald (arisings, detritus, discard, effluent, filter cake, garbage, going about, offcut, refuse, residue, scrap, trash, waste). (various references) | |
Dutch | redding (pure salvage, recovery, rescue, salvation), berging (pure salvage, recovery, retention, salvation). (various references) | |
Esperanto | savo (recovery, salvation), savmono (salvage money). (various references) | |
Farsi | مصرف مجدداشغال وزاءدهرچیز, نجات مال یاجان کسی , نجارت کسی ازخطر, ازخطرنابودی نجات دادن . (various references) | |
Finnish | pelastus (pure salvage, rescue, salvation). (various references) | |
French | sauvetage (pure salvage, saving), récupération. (various references) | |
Frisian | sparjild (salvage money). (various references) | |
German | Rettung (deliverance, preservation, pure salvage, recovery, redemption, rescue, retrieval, salvation, saving), Bergung (gathering in, recovery, rescue, retrieval, saving, sheltering), bergen (conceal, conserve, furl, get, hide, hold, keep, maintain, pick up, preserve, protect, put away, recover, rescue, retrieve, save, shelter, store, to salvage), Altmaterial (arisings, scrap). (various references) | |
Greek | καθαρή διάσωση (pure salvage), σώστρα, περισώζω (salve), περισωθέντα πράγματα, περισυλλεγμένο φορτίο (recovered cargo, salved cargo), περίσωση, επιθαλάσσια αρωγή, απορρίμματα προς περισυλλογή και ανακύκλωση, διάσωση (rescue), διασώζω (preserve, rescue), διασωθέν φορτίο (recovered cargo, salved cargo). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל"ושיע (rescue, save), ל"ציל (deliver, rescue, save), ל'אול (deliver, liberate, ransom, redeem, rescue), צולת. (various references) | |
Hungarian | mentés (flag-flaying, life-saving, overbid, recovery, rescue, sacrifice), megmentés (exculpation, rescue, salvation, saving, wrecking), mentési munkálat (rescue operation, rescue work), mentési jutalom, megmentett holmi, hulladék hasznosítása, hasznosított hulladék. (various references) | |
Italian | salvataggio (backup, lifebelt, pure salvage, rescue, salvation), salvare (be spared, deliver, keep, redeem, rescue, save), ricupero (making up, reclamation, recovery, recycling, rehabilitation, retrieval, reutilization), ricuperare (get back, make up for, reclaim, recoup, recover, recuperate, recycle, rehabilitate, retrieve), prodotti recuperabili, oggetti ricuperati, detrito (arisings, debris, detrital, detrital material, detritic, detritus, drift, rock waste, rubble, weathering waste), compenso di salvataggio (pure salvage), compenso (amends, bonus, compensation, fee, honorarium, offset, pay, payment, recompense, remuneration, reward), assistenza e salvataggio (assistance). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 救難 (rescue), 引き揚' (drawing up, pulling up, raising, refloatation), 引き上' (drawing up, pulling up, raising, refloatation), サルファ剤 (sulfa drug). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きゅうな" (rescue, sudden or unexpected disaster), ひきあ' (drawing up, pulling up, raising, refloatation), サルベージ . (various references) | |
Korean | 회수. (various references) | |
Manx | selvadje, sauaillys, sauail (reprieve, rescue, save). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alvagesay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | salvamento (deliverance, escape, pure salvage, rescue, safety, saving). (various references) | |
Romanian | salvare (ambulance, anchor, deliverance, delivery, escape, recovery, redemption, rescue, salvation, saving), salva (bring off, deliver, escape, extricate, free, pull through, redeem, rescue, salve, save), valorifica (capitalize, develop, harness, improve, make capital out of, realize, reclaim, revaluate, turn to account), recupera (recoup, recover, recruit, retrieve), obiect salvat, navã salvatã, bunuri salvate. (various references) | |
Russian | спасение (escape, rescue, salvation, salvations, saving). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | spasiti (rescue, save), spasavanje (escape, rescue, salvation), trofej (trophy). (various references) | |
Spanish | salvamento (rescue, saving). (various references) | |
Swedish | räddning (deliverance, delivery, pure salvage, recovery, rescue, salvation, save), bärgning (harvest, livelihood, pure salvage, taking in, tow, towing), bärga (contain oneself, get along, harvest, muzzle, pick up, salve, save, take in, to bring in, to carry in, tow). (various references) | |
Turkish | kurtarmak (absolve, bail, bail out, bring off, bring through, clean up, clear, deliver, disabuse, disabuse of, disembarrass, disembody, disengage, extricate, free, get smb. out of a jam, help, keep from, liberate, pull through, recover, redeem, relieve, rescue, retrieve, retrieve from, rid, salve, save, set free, tear away, unfetter, worry smb. out of smth.), kurtarma (deliverance, extrication, liberation, recovery, redemption, relief, rescue, salvation, save, saving, sea rescue, wrecking), kurtarılan eşya, hurda (junk, rattletrap, scrap, write off), enkaz (carcase, carcass, debris, rubbish, wrack, wreck, wreckage), değerlendirmek (appraise, appreciate, comment, commentate, evaluate, form an estimate of, interpret, judge, parlay, peruse, reclaim, recover, recycle, score, seize on, seize upon, size up). (various references) | |
Ukranian | рятувати (bring off, rescue, salve, save, shelter), рятування майна, виручати, використовувати відходи виробництва (salve), піднімання затонулих суден, порятунок (escape, refuge, saving). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | salver. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "salvage": salvageabilities, salvageability, salvageable, salvaged, salvagee, salvagees, salvager, salvagers, salvages. (additional references) | |
Words containing "salvage": unsalvageable. (additional references) | |
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"Salvage" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: avvago, Estalagem, Psalvgau, saljage, saluage, salvahe, salvament, salvare, sauvage, savile, selavage, Sellaeg, selvagem, Slevogt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "salvage" (pronounced sa"lvuj) |
| 3 | -v u j | cleavage, lovage. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lavages. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-l-s-v" | |
-1 letter: agaves, galeas, gavels, lavage, savage. | |
-2 letters: agave, algae, algas, avgas, galas, galea, gales, gavel, lavas, laves, salve, selva, slave, vagal, vales, valse, vasal, veals. | |
-3 letters: aals, agas, ages, alae, alas, ales, alga, asea, aves, egal, gaes, gala, gale, gals, gave, gels, lags, lase, lava, lave, lavs, leas, legs, leva, saga, sage, sale, save, seal, slag, vale, vasa, vase, veal, vela. | |
-4 letters: aal, aas, aga, age, ala, ale, als, ava, ave, els, gae, gal, gas, gel, lag, las, lav, lea, leg, lev, sae, sag, sal, sea, seg, sel, vas, veg. | |
-5 letters: aa, ae, ag, al, as, el, es, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-l-s-v" | |
+1 letter: aasvogel, salvaged, salvagee, salvager, salvages, savagely. | |
+2 letters: aasvogels, cleavages, galvanise, palsgrave, salvagees, salvagers, vassalage. | |
+3 letters: flagstaves, galvanised, galvanises, galvanizes, palsgraves, vassalages. | |
+4 letters: galvanizers, salvageable, sugarloaves. | |
+5 letters: evangelicals, galvanoscope. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6C 76 61 67 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- .-.. ...- .- --. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01101100 01110110 01100001 01100111 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a l v a g e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006C 0076 0061 0067 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53677888677371 |
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