Assertion: merchant's bank | /r/HasProperty | derived for bench
Facets:
value: from the italian
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: And so the merchant's "benches" (bank is derived from the Italian for bench, banco, as in a counter) in the great grain markets became centers for holding money against a bill (billette, a note, a letter of formal exchange, later a bill of exchange and later still a cheque).