SALVAGE
\sˈalvɪd͡ʒ], \sˈalvɪdʒ], \s_ˈa_l_v_ɪ_dʒ]\
Definitions of SALVAGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
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property or goods saved from damage or destruction
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save from ruin, destruction, or harm
By Princeton University
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the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
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property or goods saved from damage or destruction
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
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The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
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That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.
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Savage.
By Oddity Software
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The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
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The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
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That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.
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Savage.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of saving a ship or goods from the dangers of the sea, from a wreck, etc.; payment given to those who save property from danger; the goods or vessel so saved.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The act of saving a ship or goods from extraordinary danger, as from the sea, fire, an enemy, or the like: in commercial and maritime law, (a) an allowance or compensation to which those persons are entitled by whose voluntary exertions ships or goods have been saved from the dangers of the sea, fire, pirates, or enemies; the crew of a ship are not entitled to salvage for any extraordinary efforts they may have made in saving their own vessel; if the salvors and the parties from whom salvage is claimed cannot agree, a competent court has to fix the sum to be paid and adjust the proportions, which vary according to circumstances; (b) that portion of the property saved from danger or destruction by the extraordinary and voluntary exertions of the salvors.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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