to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill. to give over (a certain amount of money) in exchange for something: He paid twenty dollars for the shirt.
Each individual conceives the value of money for success, perceives the value of money for social status, and senses the value of money as a means to fulfill physical needs. Money became a symbol for the success and fulfillment of the individual as a member of the collective.
No, money is not the root of all evil -- humans are. Money is a means, by which humans can do what they will, be it good or evil. And yet, there is something special about the relationship between money and evil, in that it is an uncannily reliable means of revealing human weakness.