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Italian money lenders were known as Banechi or Banacheri because
Answer: B
Correct answer: They kept a special type of table to transact their business
The Italian money lenders worked at a bench or table in the marketplace, and the Italian word for that bench - banco - is where "bank" itself comes from. The lenders were named after the furniture they traded across.
The etymology carries a second, grimmer trace: a lender who failed had his bench broken, banca rotta, which gives us "bankrupt". That the lenders were wealthy or held deposits was true but is not the origin of the name, which is what the question asks.
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