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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def count_leases_by_owner(self, leases):
 # pylint: disable=no-self-use """ Returns a dictionary of leases by current owner. """

        owners = [l.owner for l in leases]
        return dict(Counter(owners))