n The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
n The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
n The compensation paid to the rescuers.
n The money from the sale of rescued goods.
n The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
n (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
v (transitive, of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.
v (transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use.
v (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
n (Philippines) Summary execution, extrajudicial killing.
v (Philippines) To perform summary execution.
v (Philippines) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.
n A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
n Obsolete spelling of savage. [(derogatory) A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.]