meaning of "business wise"

[Anibal]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #179 "Doing business: expressions with the word business", question 8

Our ......... attitude is reserved entirely for the way we behave at work.

(a) business wise
(b) business card
(c) businesswoman
(d) businesslike

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #179 "Doing business: expressions with the word business", answer 8

Our businesslike attitude is reserved entirely for the way we behave at work.

Correct answer: (d) businesslike
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I am not clear of the meaning of "business wise"
Businesslike could be the answer, though.

What is business wise and how do you use?

Thank you
Anibal

[Yankee]

Hi Anibal

I would expect to see that written as one word rather than as two. In that case, the word 'wise' would be used as a suffix:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=-wise&r=66

For example, someone might use this as a simple, general greeting:
- "How are you?"

However, if they added businesswise to the end of that question, it would be more specific and would mean that they want to know how you are as it relates to business:
- "How are you businesswise?"
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English