Betekenis van salvage In het Nederlands

• 0 to save goods from damage or destruction, especially from a ship that has sunk or been damaged or a building that has been damaged by fire or a flood:

  • gold coins salvaged from a shipwreck

  • After the fire, there wasn't much furniture left worth salvaging.

  • It was a desperate attempt to salvage the situation.

  • After the fraud scandal he had to make great efforts to salvage his reputation.

• 1 the act of saving goods from damage or destruction, especially from a ship that has sunk or been damaged or a building that has been damaged by fire or a flood:

  • The company is going to finance not just the salvage, but also the cleanup.

  • They mounted a salvage operation after the fire.

  • He started trading in architectural salvage when he saw church interiors being destroyed.

  • Thousands of dollars' worth of marine salvage was landed at the piers.

• 2 to save something valuable from damage, destruction, or loss:

  • After the storm, we were able to salvage some of our belongings, but the house was destroyed.

• 3 to save goods from being damaged or destroyed, especially from a ship that has sunk or been damaged, or a building that has been damaged by fire or a flood:

  • Workers are attempting to salvage timber in the aftermath of the hurricanes.

• 4 to succeed in achieving or saving something that is in a difficult situation:

  • salvage a deal The country still held out hope of salvaging its largest foreign investment deal.

  • salvage a business He is a corporate firefighter brought in to salvage a business that still has some valuable assets.

  • salvage share prices

• 5 the act of saving goods from being damaged or destroyed:

  • the salvage of sth The salvage of building materials from the site of the fire was continuing.

  • salvage efforts/operations

  • a salvage company

  • the salvage industry/market

• 6 waste material or material that has not been used that has value because it can be sold:

  • The pigs ate contaminated pet food sold to farms as salvage.

  • Many of the buildings have been erected out of salvage material.