See Also: Net salvage value(finance)
Net salvage value(money)
Salvage Value(money)
salvage(dictionary)
Salvage value(finance)
SALVAGE CHARGES(law)
SALVAGE, maritime law(law)
salvage 2, noun(dictionary)
salvage 1, verb(dictionary)
salvage chemotherapy(medicine)

axenic (iou) and salvage (iou)


axenic (iou)



axenic adjective. M20.
[from A-10 + Greek xenikos alien, strange + -IC.]
Biology. Free from living organisms of any kind Other than that stated or implied.
axenically adverb M20.

salvage (iou)



salvage noun1 & verb1. M17.
[Old & mod. French from medieval Latin salvagium, from Latin salvare save: see -AGE.]
A. noun.
Compensation paid to those who have voluntarily saved a ship or its cargo from loss by shipwreck, enemy capture, fire, etc. M17.
Scotsman The Admiralty court..awarded..the Southampton tugs..a total salvage of 10,372.
a. The action of saving a ship or its cargo from wreck, capture, permanent loss, etc. E18.
Skin Diver Topics..such as navigation,..light salvage and deeper diving.
b. gen. The saving of property from fire or Other danger. L19.
c. The saving and collection of waste material, esp. paper, for recycling. E20.
a. Property salvaged; a thing salvaged. M18.
b. Waste material, esp. paper, suitable for recycling. M20.
R. Crompton We'll say we're collectin' salvage if anyone comes.
Comb.: salvage archaeology, salvage excavation N. Amer. = rescue archaeology, rescue excavation s.v. RESCUE noun; salvage yard N. Amer. a place where disused machinery is broken up.
b. verb trans.
Save or rescue from shipwreck, fire, loss, or General destruction; transf. & fig. retrieve or preserve in adverse circumstances, rescue a remnant of. L19.
Milton Keynes Express Two of the later batsmen held on to salvage a draw. B. Neil Wondering..how to..salvage a little dignity. D. A. Thomas Three battleships were sunk..though all were subsequently salvaged.
Take, esp. purloin, and make use of (unemployed or unattached property). US & Austral. colloq. E20.
Save and collect (waste) for reuse or recycling. M20.
Betty Smith Katie salvaged the longer bits of discarded chalk.
salvageable adjective L20.
salvager noun a person who salvages something, a salvor E19.