President Trump has repeatedly called tariffs "the most beautiful word in the dictionary." NPR's Word of the Week explores how they got their name.

The word "tariff" has been called the most beautiful word in the dictionary ... you join the unusually long checkout queue where others’ overflowing carts hold precisely the items missing ...

Mainstream economists have long criticized ... the most beautiful word in the dictionary." This raises the question: How did "tariff" get its name? The word itself — like most in English ...