living on

Verb

live on (third-person singular simple present lives on, present participle living on, simple past and past participle lived on)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To endure.
   • Her memory lives on in our hearts.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To survive solely by consuming a certain thing.
   • When he was in the rainforest, he lived on bugs and rainwater.
3. (transitive) To rely on financially.
   • She lives on a stipend from her parents.
4. (idiomatic, transitive) To be defined on.
   • Let assets live on the grid #92;mathcal#123;A#125;#61;#91;a#95;1,a#95;2,#92;dots,a#95;n#93;.2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, fourth edition, MIT Press, page 116