on the market
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[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- 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.
- During a real estate auction: going to be sold at that auction, i.e. the bid has reached the vendor's reserve.
- (of a person) single; not in a committed romantic relationship or otherwise unavailable.
Usage notes
[edit]- The general sense of "offered for sale" is also used in the real-estate context.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “on the market”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.