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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on the market

Model Lauren Hutton valiantly flogged Pepsi Light—“One calorie!”—but it didn’t last on the market, steamrolled by aspartame, a new sweetener, and the Diet Coke juggernaut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

"We now have the high-risk area going up to Saudi Arabian waters and extending into parts of the Red Sea. So that's having another impact on the market, on freedom of navigation as well."

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Homeowners in the Key West-Key Largo, Fla., area are struggling: Their homes are taking the most time to sell, spending a median of 103 days on the market in June.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Active listings refers to all the homes on the market, while new listings are homes that have just gone up for sale.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Duveen spent his days talking people into buying art, but here, faced himself with the possibility of buying the most valuable work of art on the market, he was speechless.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day