SALVAGE

salvage. Salvage, n. a reward for saving wrecked goods

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Sal″vage (?; 48), n. [[F. salvage, OF. salver to save, F. sauver, fr. L. salvare. See Save.]] 1. 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. 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.