come/go to (the) market
► COMMERCE to offer a new product for sale for the first time, or to be offered for sale for the first time: »
The big food processing company tests ingredients like cooking oil before they go to market.
► STOCK MARKET to begin selling shares, etc. on a stock exchange, or to begin to be sold on a stock exchange: »
The company came to market in July, hitting a closing peak of 247p this week.
»We expect the company to be valued at about £80m when the shares come to market on May 22.
Main Entry: ↑market
Financial and business terms. 2012.