auction house

:  a sale of property to the highest bidder

:  the act or process of bidding in some card games

:  to sell at auction

:  a building that serves as living quarters for one or a few families :  home

:  a shelter or refuge (such as a nest or den) of a wild animal

:  a natural covering (such as a test or shell) that encloses and protects an animal or a colony of zooids

:  to provide with living quarters or shelter

:  to store in a building

:  to encase, enclose, or shelter as if by putting in a house (see ¹house)