exist (
http://definr.com/exist)
v 1: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn:
be]
2: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage";
"Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many
people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn:
survive,
live,
subsist]