payment

支払　—　Institutions

Handing over price or debt and so ending an obligation.

Gold dinar of OffaImitation dated 774 Penny of Æthelred II978–1016 Haedong WonboEarly 12th century

⚠ Of the three functions of money, this was the first to be needed. The ability to measure and to store value are both built upon the ability to make payments.