on the market
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2.3
- idiom
:
a la venta
- This house is one of the best properties on the market right now.
- products on the market
- currently on the market
- available on the market
You know how every car on the market has LED running lights?
- You know how every car on the market has LED running lights?
- Previously all the self driving strollers on the market only worked on hills.
- And there really isn't much on the market that is just skin.
- That should be the fastest gaming laptop on the market period.
- This is one of the best formulas on the market for a liquid highlight.
- The texture is really different from what's on the market, but I don't use it.
- It's closer to fresh than anything on the market and it tastes great.
- This is the best faux freckle product on the market that I've ever tried.
- Joey, I don't know if you saw this back on the market.
- This is the newest one on the market I believe.
Examples
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"We put our place on the market and began the search for a new house.
Fiction book (2001) -
In addition, coal from other producing countries is available on the market at particularly low prices.
Academic text (1992) -
Uh, it's only been on the market 18 days.
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I gotta finish it up before I can put it on the market.
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Although this software is no longer on the market, some schools may still have copies available.
Academic text (1992) -
I'm currently on the market for a new car, a new to me car.
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It's completely natural, it's completely safe, and it cleans better than any product on the market.
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This is one of the best formulas on the market for a liquid highlight.
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There isn't a better blush on the market right now.
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This house is one of the best properties on the market right now.
Synonyms
209
1.0
Available for people to buy
2
4.1
Offered for sale, often at a public auction
Antonyms
How Available
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'available to be bought or sold' is directly inferable from 'on' (indicating location/state) combined with 'market' (place of commerce); the definite article 'the' does not alter compositional meaning. This location/state + marketplace pattern is common across languages (e.g. Spanish 'en el mercado', French 'sur le marché'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand the expression.
Etymology
The phrase on the market comes from town markets where sellers put goods on a stall at the market to show they were 'for sale'. That's why today on the market means 'available to be bought or sold'.