From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Salvage \Sal"vage\, adjective & n. Savage. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Salvage \Sal"vage\ (?; 48), noun [F. salvage, OF. salver to save, F. sauver, fr. L. salvare. See {Save}.]
1. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
Salvage of life from a British ship, or a foreign ship in British waters, ranks before salvage of goods. --Encyc. Brit.
2. (Maritime Law) (a) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril. (b) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved. --Kent. Abbot.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: 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
verb
1: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: {salve}, {relieve}, {save}]
2: collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" [syn: {scavenge}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
154 Moby Thesaurus words for "salvage": abatement, admission, admission fee, agio, allowance, amends, anchorage, atonement, bank discount, blood money, breakage, brokerage, carfare, cash discount, cellarage, chain discount, charge, charge-off, charges, compensation, concession, conservancy, conservation, conservationism, consideration, cover charge, cut, damages, deduction, deliver, deliverance, delivery, demand, depreciation, discount, dockage, drawback, dues, entrance fee, environmental conservation, exaction, exactment, extract, extricate, extrication, fare, fee, forest conservation, forest management, free, freeing, guerdon, hire, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, keeping, kickback, liberate, liberation, license fee, lifesaving, maintenance, meed, penalty, penalty clause, percentage, pilotage, portage, premium, preserval, preservation, price, price reduction, price-cut, protection, quittance, ransom, rebate, rebatement, recapture, reclaim, reclaiming, reclamation, recompense, recoup, recoupment, recover, recovery, recuperation, recycle, redeem, redemption, redress, reduction, refund, regain, regainment, release, remuneration, reoccupation, reparation, replevin, replevy, repossession, requital, requitement, rescue, restitution, restoration, resumption, retake, retaking, retribution, retrieval, retrieve, return, revindication, revival, reward, rollback, safekeeping, salvation, salve, satisfaction, save, saving, scot, scot and lot, set free, setoff, shot, smart money, soil conservation, solatium, storage, stream conservation, support, tare, time discount, toll, towage, trade discount, tret, trover, underselling, upkeep, water conservation, wergild, wetlands conservation, wharfage, wildlife conservation, win back, write-off
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