on the market

English

Prepositional phrase

on the market

1. Offered for sale.
   • 2021 June 30, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Scotland: Crathes”, in RAIL, number 934, page 31:

     The Aberdeen-Ballater line station house, complete with a non-authentic signal, is on the market for £225,000.

2. During a real estate auction: going to be sold at that auction, i.e. the bid has reached the vendor's reserve.
3. (of a person) single; not in a committed romantic relationship or otherwise unavailable.

Usage notes

• The general sense of "offered for sale" is also used in the real-estate context.

Related terms

• drug on the market

References

• “on the market”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.