World War II was a conflict between 1939 and 1945 that involved all the world's major countries. It was the most destructive war in history and millions of people were killed. It was fought between the Axis (Germany, Japan, and Italy) and the Allies (Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union among others).
The term used to refer to a type of business organization created in the 19th century that was meant to eventually produce a monopoly is A) Trust.
In economics, Trust is an association between companies or factories which produce the same products, offer the same services or work on the same industry field. And the main goal of this association is to make a national or international monopoly through the use of fixed prices, the ownership of packages of shares that involve control, etc.
The first time this term was used was in 1882 when the Standard Oil Trust took place in The United States.
Usually, these extra meanings are called, "connotations" since they are not explicitly stated, but the reader can take away a wide variety of meaning from them.
