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 -