on the market

Idioms  

1. For sale; also, available for buying. For example, We've put the boat on the market, or This is the only tandem bicycle on the market right now. This phrase, first put as in the market, dates from the late 1600s; the first recorded use of the phrase with on was in 1891. Also see drug on the market.

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Example Sentences

They differ from other products on the market in the way the pedaling mechanism works — the e-bikes have no chains.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The stock also came into the year trading at 179 times projected 12-month earnings, putting it among the most expensive large-cap names on the market.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Majestic’s founders say that none of the current inference solutions on the market go far enough in providing sufficient memory capacity to handle the huge AI models that will be developed in the coming years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

It's not just that the UAE, when it can get its oil fully back on the market by sea or pipeline, is likely to target 5 million barrels per day production.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

By then the house had been on the market and was being sold.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride