Definition of "salvage"

salvage¹

/ˈsælvɪd͡ʒ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural salvages
1. The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
2. The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
3. The compensation paid to the rescuers.
4. The money from the sale of rescued goods.
5. The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
  Quotations
  [...] the debris was hurled down the hillside on to the line and swept the engine off the track and into the sea; the engine in question, ex-Cambrian 0-6-0 No. 874, was not considered to be worth salvage, and was abandoned.
  1943 March and April, “A British Avalanche Shelter”, in Railway Magazine, page 80
6. (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
verb
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.
  Quotations
  Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw.
  2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal”, in BBC‎
2. (transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use.
  Quotations
  During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort.
  1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 52
3. (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

salvage²

/ˈsælvɪd͡ʒ/

noun
plural salvages
1. Obsolete spelling of savage.
  Quotations
  Cornels, and ſalvage Berries of the Wood, / And Roots and Herbs have been my meagre Food.
  1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], page 292, lines 855–856

salvage³

/ˈsælvɪd͡ʒ/

noun
plural salvages
1. (Philippines) Summary execution, extrajudicial killing.
verb
third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged
1. (Philippines) To perform summary execution.
2. (Philippines) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

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