salvages

Noun

salvage (countable and uncountable, plural salvages)

1. The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
2. The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
3. The compensation paid to the rescuers.
4. The money from the sale of rescued goods.
5. The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
   • [...] the debris was hurled down the hillside on to the line and swept the engine off the track and into the sea; the engine in question, ex-Cambrian 0-6-0 No. 874, was not considered to be worth salvage, and was abandoned.1943 March and April, “A British Avalanche Shelter”, in Railway Magazine, page 80
6. The process of acquiring, dismantling, and stocking the pieces of old property such as ships, houses, and vehicles, so that they can be sold on to be reused or recycled.

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