on the market

on the market
*on the market
openly available for sale. (*Typically: be\on the market; get something \on the market; put something \on the market.) •

We put our house on the market last year and it still hasn't sold.

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{adj. phr.} For sale. * /In the summer many fresh vegetables are on the market./ * /The Goodwins put their house on the market in January, but they did not sell it till August./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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