■ verb
1》 rescue (a ship or its cargo) from loss at sea.
2》 retrieve or preserve from loss or destruction.
■ noun
1》 the process of salvaging.
2》 the cargo saved from a wrecked or sunken ship.
↘ Law payment made or due to a person who has saved a ship or its cargo.
Derivatives
~able adjective
~r noun
Origin
C17 (as a noun denoting payment for saving a ship or its cargo): from Fr., from med. L. salvagium , from L. salvare 'to save'.