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.

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

on the market

But a similar property in the complex was already on the market and wasn’t selling, prompting him to hold off on listing his.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

A spokesperson for Novo said the company isn’t currently studying any additional uses for the GLP-1 medications on the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Hudson is now watching that listing closely while he decides whether to put his unit on the market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

The social media account regularly shares videos of property listings, often highlighting some of the strangest looking houses on the market across the country.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Earthlings had had a bad week on the market before that.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut