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.
Money is not the root of all evil, but certainly some evil. Money, like evil, is a human construction. Each concept is intended to measure the value of something relative to our conception of it. In the case of money, the value is a financial one and is represented by numbers.