Learn English – Why some countable nouns treated as uncountable

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since the inception of the iPod we have seen numerous audio formats
come to market yet only a select few of them have been adopted on a
mass scale.

(Source: What is the best audio format? – Audiophile On)

Why it says "market" not "the market" or "a market"?

As far as I know the word "market" is a countable noun and the Oxford dictionary does not mention it as uncountable noun.

Best Answer

The word market here is not referring to a physical place. Instead, it's an abstract.

Of course, in that sense, it won't take any article.

Had it been a physical place, it would have been -

There is a market in sector 15.